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What a lovely week in Bequia, a small island part of St. Vincent and the Grenadines –known as SVG locally. Luckily the tropical storms have held off so we have been able to spend a whole week here – I think the longest we have spent anywhere since Florida. We took a tour of the island with two three other couples and got to see the island from all sides and the highest point (Mount Pleasant). We also visited the Old Hegg Turtle Sanctuary and the Bequia Whaling Museum. (Whaling was originally brought to the island by a Scotsman named Wallace from Nantucket.) We have also wandered in town visiting the hardware store, marine supply store and bookshop (our equivalent to going to the mall).

On Saturday (thanks to my brother David) I got to Skype with my mom for the first time. It was so much better than the satellite phone. We could talk as long as we wanted and actually get to see each other. I am hoping we will get to do this again once we are in Grenada.

John is getting lots of exercise by leading a yoga class for some of the local cruisers – sans me. He led one session on Saturday and everybody requested he do another session today. He left this morning with three yoga mats, sunblock and bug spray – sounds like a great time. I am enjoying getting my exercise on the water. In Bequia I have been able to swim off the boat (with turtles nearby), kayak to the beach and go snorkeling (with Barb and Stew). This is some of the best snorkeling since Conception Island in the Bahamas.

We are enjoyed spending time with Barb and Stew from La Luna (our former Portland neighbors - her blog at “hartsatsea.typepad.com” is a must read). Last night the crews of La Luna and Windrifter got together for a long session of Mexican Train dominos – lasting until almost 1 a.m. With all this fun, there we now have chores to be done. Today we will get water, food and get our laundry done. Okay … they make things really easy here in Bequia. This morning I called Daffodil Services and they will bring water to the boat and pick up my laundry – which will be returned (washed and folded) around 4:30 p.m. We think Winfield and Morrison (we hired them to do some varnishing on the boat) will finish their work today or tomorrow – and depending on the weather we will head out sometime during the weekend. Bequia will be hard to leave, but I am sure we will come back on our trip north.