Left Grenada

Hi everyone it is Tuesday afternoon as I type this. Monday was our big day of leaving the main island of Grenada and traveling to a neighbouring island named Carriacou. We left at 8:30am and did not arrive to our destination until 8:30pm..... yes we anchored in the dark in a strange harbour, in a strange country with many vessels there..... yes... something Paul never wanted to do! Our journey began well and we were sailing fairly well until the choppy seas made Traci sick. Paul let out his new lure on his new fishing rod hoping to catch some dinner. One time we had to tack over to the island we were going to and voila the line got caught in the motor's rudder. Dave had to dive down with his handy knife and cut that lure free and all the line free that wound around the motor. So off we go again and see some great flying fish. These fish remind me of flying squirrels... they can go a long distance with their wingspan. Traci and I didn't know if these fish are a school of fish or a flock as they looked like either. Now, of course these creatures are fast moving and no way we can get a picture. As we are sailing along to the next island one of the motors conks out and poor Dave is down in the hot engine room fixing that. We are staying on course with our mighty GPS and autopilot. To make a long story short, we got to the bay late and exhausted! Now, I may not have mentioned before but it rains here at night on and off about 6 times. We have skylights (hatches) wide open so we can breathe in this hot weather, but with the rain, we are constantly opening then closing these hatches, in our staterooms. We are sleep deprived. This is rain and not snow so we do not complain. Tuesday morning we are in our last official stop of Grenada, another beautiful bay. This is the place we “checked” out from. Dave and Traci went in with our official documents to do the proper paperwork. We do this when we check in to a new country and then when we exit that country. Tomorrow morning we officially are exiting Grenada and heading to Tobago Cays (St. Vincent). We have read there are a lot of shops and tourist stuff there so I may end up sending this via an internet cafe.

We snorkeled in the bay and saw great starfish. Dave went down to the bottom and brought one up for us to see and take a picture. Huge! I hope to attach pictures separately. We have rested today and enjoyed reading and swimming. We are safe and sound and heading to Tobago on Wed. morning.