We woke up with plans to go hiking, check the weather for the next five days and probably stop at a boulangerie!

So much for plans...the weather is great today to leave for Guadeloupe! In one hour, we took the engine off the dink, the sail cover, the connector, the rain dodger, stashed everything that can fly, like computers, printer, etc., and we were off!

It was a blustery day, very wet, very sunny, awesome in fact.

We arrived here at the base of the butterfly! That's exactly how the country is shaped. Two side wings, islands actually, with a River seperating the two halves. Basse Terre (humorously called low land) is the huge mountainous side and the smaller one, Grande Terre (large land) is the smaller, low one. Here we are in a very historical place, but it's also a huge industrial port! Lots of BIG traffic, lots of tour boats, just plain lots of activity. Whew!

After Altair is fueled up, watered up and the laundry is done...we'll explore! Our plan is to go thru that River Salee, where it cuts off a big chunk of miles from the passage to Antigua, and it should be very exciting!