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Roger out in town for Aimee last day :( – 29 Aug
so i told aimee i would go out in “town” with her for “lunch” after she finished her final errands in honor of it being her last day. at noon she returned and called me on the vhf that she was at the bar. fortunately she was happy sitting there while i got myself organized. even shaved and put on a clean shirt! the plan was to go for lunch and then have dinner at the resort. well the trip turned out to be a bit more “cultural emersion” than i was planning for. we started on the “bus” which...
read moreSpa Day True Blue Resort- 28 Aug
We came around to the true blue resort yesterday to give aimee a few days to get some activities complete before leaving on the 30th 🙁 The ost important today was “spa day” not sure exactly what the event was but aimee came back looking very hot and “spa-ed”. this was in spite of working a provisioning trip in. i came out to meet her and pick her up at the bar but even before i got my beer i got a work call from my “boss”. eventually i got off the phone and we had another one of the delicious fish and...
read moreBack to Rogers Bar for Sun BBQ – 26 Aug
Today after only two hours of work in the am we declared victory and aimee made another delicious egg breakfast. then we took palapa back to the other side of hogs island for the sunday roger’s bar extravaganza. you would think you would get tires of hanging out with other cruisers drinking cheep beer around grilling meat but that does not seem to be the case. we met the old crew and some new interesting people but alas as i am writing this with aimee back in vancouver you will not get to know their names. sorry fellow cruisers if you...
read moreSo much for not working on Sat Wobern Bay – 25 Aug
so this am we moved back over to wobern bay and anchored off the marina there where one of the cruiser net hot spots is located. i had another full day of trying to get spooled up and gain control over the project tim had got us signed up to take over. given my “lack of fun” aimee elected to go on another dingy/walking tour of the local woburn area. she had another very nice day and got some more good grenadian photos. i got to sit onboard at the nav table all day, fun fun. i know i am not getting a lot of sympathy from you...
read moreFri again? in Prickly Bay – 24 Aug
I hate it that i even know what day of the week it is and amazingly we managed to take no photo’s this week at all. we still managed to move every one or two days jumping from cruisers wifi to cruisers wifi spot but i spent 6am to 5pm on the computer, with a few evening calls as well. Today the plan was for aimee to take a tour of the island (or at least part of it) as she is heading home soon for a wedding and her mom’s bday:( and then go hit happy hour with the waka’s i dingied aimee into shore in the am after her on...
read moreZero to Cruising at Rogers Bar – 19 Aug
So being anchored off rogers bar it is pretty much a requirement to head to shore in the afternoon for a 5ec beer or 5ec rum and coke. roger has a bunch of bbq pits and encourages cruisers and locals to bring their families and BBQ. This is especially true on Sundays where they bring in a live band and the place is packed with dinghies. Off course we went to shore and met up with the usual suspects jen and sietes on waka irie and jason and Amanda and their two boys from pegasus (now living on land here). We met a bunch of other people as...
read moreBack in the water BBQ Hog Island – 18 Aug
so we had planned to do a BBQ as soon as we got back in the water but we had too many loose ends to finish up. we where one bay over taking advantage of the fast internet and of course since i am working now i was on the phone most of the day and only got off at 5 so we where actually lat to our own party. fortunately it was a short motor around and our friends where a bit later! amanda brought a great sushi spread, jen brought some delicious Mediterranean dip thing, aimee made here antipasto appetizer plate for starters. i made my new...
read moreDay 9 Life Goes on Back in the Water – 16 Aug
So yesterday aimee tried unsuccessfully to report our dingy stollen. She got the shuffle from one spot to another spot finally she found the right spot and gave her report but was told she could not have a copy of it and instead would have to return somewhere else once it was “approved”. I spent the day on the computer working on a quote for a new contract job. Yes i am going to have to go back to work to pay for everything very frustrating. My first product will be a dingy motor tracker with built in detonation option to blow...
read moreSome one stole our engine!!! – 14 Aug
Yes, that was the surprise as we headed down the dock to Tiki. We had locked her up but had not locked the dingy engine on as our 1st lock had corroded onto our cable and it was not possible to thread the cable through the engine with out cutting the lock off. Quite frankly we did not expect someone to walk up or dingy up in front of a crowd of people and unbolt and cart off our engine but that is exactly what happened. The initial response was shock then i started screaming aimee started crying, the two locals i had been chatting with on...
read moreCarnival at Last St George Grenada – 13 Aug
you can see from the photo’s that the carnival event was all and more than we expected. we got to shore in the afternoon just as the “day” event was finishing up in st george. the timing was perfect we arrived to empty streets and as we checked out the various vendors set up along the road we ran into the “lead element” of the carnival. we continued to walk “upstream” periodically getting our photos taken in and with the various “official” entrants. some where more or less on the...
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