After Carnival, and some time on the dock, we decided to haul keel and head north to Carriacou. This was a decidedly good move for us for a couple of reasons. I'm helping to set the trails for the upcoming Carriacou Hash, we like Carriacou, and we had good weather to sail North. The dinghy was already on deck from our boat being on the hard, and then on a dock.

We left Port Louis Marina and headed north. With a very clean bottom, a new three bladed prop, and not towing a dinghy, we actually saw 8 knots on the GPS at one point as we motor sailed north. We went from St. George's to Carriacou in the fastest time ever. Wheee!

We now have been anchored in Tyrell Bay for almost a week. We carried up my bike and also friend's bike, and have taken some rides together. Considering that Ken hasn't ridden a bike since 2008, he did pretty well. I'm a little more comfortable with being on a bike. The bus drivers all honked to say "hi," as they see me numerous times in the morning as I put more miles on my running shoes. I like that I can ride into Hillsborough to shop, get exercise and just get out and about.

We've done some hiking in the area where the Hash trails will be in (no further details on that until after the Hash, secrecy must be maintained). I've done some fun trail and road running, and we are close enough to the dock that we have chosen to leave the outboard off the dinghy and to row in. Gee, this sounds healthy or something!

We are puttering on the boat, getting some jobs done, cleaned, sanded, or just fill in the blank. We have seen some familiar faces, and met some new people too. Articles will probably be written while we are here; Ken has two more which he has been commissioned to write, and I have my monthly blurb; both of us now write for Caribbean Compass magazine.

We are keeping a close eye on the weather forecasts, as this is the peak of the hurricane season, and Danny has given a good wake up call. But our diesel tank is full if we need to run south to Trinidad if something scary comes this way.

We are content.