The month of October continued to be a month of arrivals and departures. After we waved goodbye to Lois and Liane, several of our friends on other boats left and returned. For a couple of weeks there were lots of play dates and sleepovers to catch up and bank time together.
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| Mac, Simon, Nathan, Millie, Sienna and Wavey |
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| Erin, Sienna, Wavey and Millie |
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| Crews from Pierina and Trismic joined us for Taco Night |
We were thrilled to have my sister Liz arrive on October 23rd and join us on Nahanni V for two weeks. Over the years, Liz had visited us briefly on our boats, but had never stayed overnight with us before.
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| Liz's plane arriving |
In preparation for Liz's visit, we decided to leave Prickly Bay for St. George's where we thought the anchorage would be calmer for her to get acclimatized to boat life. Unfortunately, a northerly swell kicked up a bit, which sent Liz rolling to and fro in her bunk the first night. Adventurous soul that she is, Liz did not bat an eye and fully embraced this cruising life.
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| On a hike up to the fort in St. George's |
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| Standing over St. George's anchorage |
For the first few days, we explored the capital of St. George's including the market and small shops. We also had a beach day at Grand Anse with several other cruising families.
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| St. George's (glad we're not driving) |
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| Sendall Tunnel - cars go one way and pedestrians walk beside cars |
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| Inside Sendall Tunnel |
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| St. George's |
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| Market in St. George's |
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| Market |
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| In the galley after market day |
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| Neil, John, Max, Shannon and Kathryn staying cool in the shade on Grand Anse Beach |
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| Nathan, Simon and Wavey on Grand Anse |
After a few days, we left the big city and sailed to Clark's Court Bay to get a change of scenery. The kids were also excited to give Auntie Liz the Hog Island experience and do some walking on the trails.
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| Underway to Clark's Court Bay |
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| Roger's Beach Bar, Hog Island on a Sunday afternoon |
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| Great band on beach |
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| Dinghies arriving on beach for afternoon party |
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| Roger's Beach Bar |
While we were anchored in Clark's Court Bay, we had the good fortune of being very close to the weekly Grenada Hash House Harriers event. According to the Grenada Hash Harriers website, hashers are an enthusiastic group of “drinkers with a running problem.” Hundreds of Grenadians, students from the Medical School, and cruisers meet every Saturday afternoon for a fun walk or run in different locations around Grenada. The run/walk usually starts mid-afternoon, involves varied terrain, mud and ends with loud music, drinking and food. We joined the crews of Drakkar, Sea Monkey, Spirit of Freedom, and Unleaded for an energetic walk.
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| Liz and Shannon on the trail above the marina |
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| It is pretty high up here! |
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| Hiking around the edge of Clark's Court Marina |
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| Shannon and Kathryn on the trail |
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| "On, On!" |
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| Coming down the last hill |
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| Boston from Drakkar |
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| Enjoying a cold one |
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| At the end |
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| End of Hash |
A day or two later, Liz and I hiked some of the same trails as we did on the Hash and found remnants of the shredded paper they use to mark the trail.
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| "I think we go this way!" |
For the last week of Liz's visit, we anchored back in our favourite place by the beach in Prickly Bay. We arrived just in time for Hallowe'en and trick-or-treating, cruising-style. At 4:00 pm, we donned our costumes and met dozens of other costumed kids at the dinghy dock. Soon after, an armada of trick-or-treaters shipped out to the anchorage in search of candy-filled yachts.
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| Wavey, the Spelling Bee |
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| Simon the "Cereal Killer" |
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| Liz, the Identity Thief |
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| Kathryn, the other Identity Thief |
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| John (yes, you guessed it), the Identity Thief |
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| Group shot of all the kids |
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| Getting ready for candy |
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| Daisy the Ghost |
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| The teenager cruising community |
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| Madeline and Juliet from Sea Monkey |
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| Getting the map |
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| Hand drawn map by Lola on Swede Dreams who organized the Hallowe'en event |
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| Trick-Or-Treaters |
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| We've never had a Hallow'en like this before! |
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| More candy! |
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| Nikki on Grateful, gave out coins in various currencies instead of candy |
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| On a candy quest |
Our Hallowe'en was memorable this year. It was strange to be warm and done before dark!
We rented a car for a day during Liz's visit and did another island tour. We visited some of the same places we did with Lois and Liane, but it didn't matter. It was great to spend more time at each place. A new place for us was the Seven Sisters' Waterfall, where we hiked about one hour through the forest.
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| Hiking through the forest |
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| Hiking to the Falls |
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| Hiking to the waterfall |
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| Seven Sisters Waterfall |
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| Seven Sisters' Waterfall |
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| Wavey of the Woods |
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| Seven Sisters waterfall |
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| Enjoying the Falls |
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| Two Sisters' Waterfall |
Our next destination took us to the Belmont Estate for lunch. They put on a lovely buffet with lots of local, scrumptious dishes. After our meal, we had a tour of the estate where they grow and process cocoa beans and make delicious chocolate. Our final stop was another visit to the River Antoine Rum Distillery for a tour and a shot of their wicked rum.
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| Dining at Belmont |
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| Tour of cocoa plantation |
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| Cocoa beans drying |
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| Wavey turning the beans |
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| Kids turning the beans |
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| Tour at River Antoine Rum Distillery |
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| Sign in bottling area at Rum Distillery - we didn't whine or beg for more |
The rest of Liz's second week was spent liming around the beach and boat in Prickly Bay. We played lots of games and did some shopping onshore. We visited the True Blue Bay Resort for their weekly cooking demonstration. Esther and Omega cooked up some green banana salad and conch curry.
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| Hanging out in Prickly Bay |
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| Calabash Beach from Nahanni V |
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| On the bus |
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| Esther and Omega put on this cooking show weekly |
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| They are informative and entertaining |
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| Conch curry - yum! |
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| Delicious snack for us in the afternoon |
One day, Wavey got her pedicure gear out (who knew she had this?) and gave our feet a little sprucing up, while serving us refreshing drinks. I wonder why we don't do this more often?
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| Wavey's Spa |
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| Kicking back at our floating spa |
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| She's a pro |
The kids were busy with model boat-building activities and made some great boats for their little cousins. Auntie Liz will deliver them when she returns to Canada.
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| Ta da! |
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| Rowers! |
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| The Popsicle boat fleet |
On November 4th, we celebrated the full moon by having a Full Moon Party on Nahanni V, complete with a full moon cake.
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| Making the cake |
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| Full moon cake with asteroid made out of candy |
The two weeks sailed right by with Liz as our crew. By the end of the two weeks, she was right at home swimming off the back of the boat, zipping through the anchorage in the dinghy (day or night), and living on board.
Goodbyes are so hard!
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| Dinghy ride to shore and to airport |
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| We will miss you Auntie Liz! |
OK, one more post should cover Grenada...
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