We made it!!! Grenada

Can hardly believe it.  Seven months towards this island and we arrived yesterday.

We left Carriacou after a lovely stay in Tyrrel Bay for a few days.

our boat heading towards Grenada pics compliments of Zero to Cruising

                                                                                       Tyrell Bay view of the anchorage from the mountain top. pic compliments of Zero to Crusing

  There were weather issues so our stay there was longer than anticipated but we did have a good time.  Zero to Cruising joined us for a few days and One White Tree came back up from Grenada with guests for one night.  Kirk and I walked the island road and went to the top of the hill.  the view was pretty cool.  Mike and Rebecca hiked to the top of the mountain and sent us a picture of the anchorage. The town was much like the others.  little shops with very limited groceries extremely expensive.  We did go to a pizza place one night and got internet and made reservations for kirk to fly home so mission was accomplished.   

We sailed down the east side of Grenada (windward, no protection from the island) and went into St Davids to check out the Grenada Marine where we plan to have the boat hauled out in August - September so we can come home.  the excitement was we caught our first edible fish.  a yellow fin tuna.  kirk fought and pulled it onto the boat.  was great excitement.   we had two others on line but they were too big and let go.  kirk was working the lines and i was trying to SLOW the boat down.  i was not successful so we had a lesson on what to do when we have a fish on the line.  now i must say that we were flying along at about 7 - 9 knots. i think we saw 10 knots at one point,  big confused seas between islands in some places  yuk

cleaning the fish was a whole new experience and i hope to get better at this lovely task.  i did learn that tuna bleed more than most other fishes.  pictures coming as internet permits

We went to a cruiser social at rogers beach bar on sunday night and met some fun people.  very strong rum drinks.  i believe homemade rum. or moonshine as call it in the south.

we are figuring out the lay of the land.  today we get on the shoppers bus and make the rounds.  will prove to be interesting.  We see a lot of Michael and Rebecca from Zero to Cruising and Ross and Diana from One White Tree.  Michael and Rebecca are showing us around.  thanks to them.