A rainy day drive around St. Lucia

Yesterday morning we woke up to a ‘real’ rain! Usually it rains and then 5 minutes later it’s perfect weather again. Yesterday was an exception with rain all day long. Bill and Krista had a rental car and wanted to go the southern point of the island to see Vieux Fort where Bill thought he might get an hour or two on his kite surfing practice. They kindly invited us along for the ride and since we had never taken a road trip here in St. Lucia, we were quite anxious to see what it looked like from the roadways rather than from the boat or whatever we could hike to. Like any other of these volcanic islands, the roads were steeply up and down, twisty turny and before you knew it all four of us were a bit sea sick! We had a pleasant day with lunch at the beach bar and restaurant at the end of the island. The trip is approximately 1 ½ hours long each way, and extremely tedious.

Above is a picture of Bill and Krista.


Pictured above is us…Laurie and Dawn.
When we arrived back at the Rodney Bay Marina after yesterday’s travels, we dropped in to see John Fallon at his boat. He was arranging buckets and bowls to catch the drips from a number of significant leaks in his cabin. He hadn’t seen enough rain over the past 6 weeks to know that he had leaks, but yesterday it was pretty apparent! He has organized for Robin, a local woodworker, to help him get everything sealed before he flies out on Sunday.
Below is a picture of Jimmy and his boat preparing for haul-out, just this morning. He has been our neighbor here for several weeks and is heading back to Ontario in a few days. Laurie and Bill from Songbird are on the bow helping bring up the anchor.


This afternoon, Krista and Bill (Secoudon) and Pam and Bill (Songbird) will arrive at Cat Tales for a friendly game of dominoes. Because the game is so long, we’ll begin at 2:00 and will stop for sundowners at the usual sundown time, 6:15. (and you thought we didn't have any real schedules...)