Lorna and Brian saying hi from the Grenadines

To all who wondered…we made it! Sorry for the delay in our report, hopefully you’ll understand. The trip down was long and drawn out but otherwise uneventful. Flying from Barbados to St. Vincent in a Dash 8 was one long drone but we were in the front seats facing the back of the plane. That meant we were first off the plane. This was an interesting first time experience. It was dark and I asked the attendant which way to go and she said “straight up to the building” so away we went. I saw a young lady standing outside some glass doors with people inside so in we went along with all the other passengers following us. It turns out this was the departure lounge! (They would have followed us off a cliff like a herd of lemmings!) One of the security guys showed us back out of the building and along a darkened section of the pavement past a sign under a palm tree that read “Arrivals”! Who knew that in St. Vincent straight up meant off to the right on a 45 degree angle? All was well after that. One short taxi ride ($25.00 EC / $12.50 CDN) and we were at the Young Island Dock. It was a pretty sketchy area, so the driver was going to wait with us but one quick call on the VHF and Laurie was in sight with the dinghy.


Now we are off to Bequia and the sail was awesome. We saw many sail and power boats going both ways. It is a busy spot to be in. We anchored in Bequia and swam and relaxed and toured around town picking up a few supplies and a great lunch at the Green Bolley; a chicken roti and a beer or two. We were back on the boat for a light dinner and a very early bed since the night before was so late. It feels so good to be back sleeping on a boat.

The next morning we are off to Tobago Cays a short sail of 2 hours and a very pleasant sail. Hardly got the deck wet. We anchored and Dawn and I (Lorna) went swimming to see the turtles. The sea turtles are huge and so docile. They have marked off area in a grassy zone for them and you can swim fright over them and I saw a star fish about 2-3 feet across. Really something! The coral reef was very close and Laurie took us over in the dinghy for a swim. We probably saw 100 varieties of fish and water was so clear and very warm. Then we took the dinghy across the bay for a walk and a swim at a beautiful beach with palm trees on the edge of the water. It looks crowded but not busy at all.


Today we were off to Clifton Harbour in Union Island. We walked around town and had a wonderful lunch of red snapper with all the fixings. The cook gave Dawn her recipe and she’s hoping to buy some red snappers at some time and replicate the dinner! There’s something to be said for eating where the locals eat! Each dinner was only 15 EC which is about 7.50 Canadian. On the waterfront, the same meal goes for over 80 EC a plate!!

At the time of publishing this blog, we were unable to upload a few of the better pictures, so please check back later and we'll try to add them. This was a 2 hour project!