Sitting in Dominica and loving it!

Laurie and I left St. Pierre at 7:00 am on Friday and had a lumpy and bumpy ride up to Dominica. I finally laid down and napped until we were out of the big waves between islands. We snuck into the shadow of Dominica at around noon and the boat finally settled out and continued up the coast relatively flat and comfortable, although making it necessary to motor all the way. Upon arrival in Portsmouth, we were welcomed by several of our boat boy friends. Bounty came onboard for a beer and we chatted with Martin, Jeffrey and several others. Martin teased that we might be able to apply for a Dominican passport because of all the time we spent here last season!

This morning, we picked up Janet from the boat "Matilda" and walked to customs. Paul stayed onboard to try to fix their generator that quit last night in the middle of dinner. Of course, being Saturday, we had to go the the customs officer's apartment where he sat us down at his kitchen table and stamped all the forms required. Then he charged us 60 EC instead of the usual 10 EC because it was overtime. Official receipts were written and we were happy to get the job done. In Dominica, if you stay less than 2 weeks, you can check in and out all at the same time, which is very convenient!

On the way back to the boat, the vegetable market was in full swing in the little town. We picked up lots of fruit and veggies and then picked up rotis 'to go' and headed back to the boat.

We're picking up a nice little wifi signal from the boat from a local restaurant, so you can expect to hear more from us.

The Boat Boy BBQ is tomorrow night. We hope that Bounty can organize to get us up to Syndicate Falls tomorrow for a hike before the BBQ.

As I was writing this, a local guy on an inflatable kayak went by without paddling. On closer inspection a sweet dog was towing him to shore. Both parties looked very happy with the arrangement. I'll try to post a picture next blog!