OtherGoose: More boring [but warm] days in paradise

April 10-12

The last few days have been very uneventful. We have been battling strong currents and winds and looking for a calmer anchorage. Monday afternoon we went to Georgetown for groceries. Sometimes they unload the trucks but don't really get around to stocking the shelves. We went to the meat market in the truck and picked up some chicken legs and breasts. I can't seem to fill Quentin up. Liz, I hope you are prepared for this when he gets back!

We stayed in Kidd Bay after we got the groceries. It was too late to move by the time we finsihed dinner, although we probably should have moved down to February Point. I hardly slept for the rolling and for some reason our dinghy tried to stick to the boat all night, so it was squeaking as the rubber sides pounded the boat. I was awake from 3:30 until 5:50 am ...fell asleep just in time to wake up!

We went to school Tuesday and had a good morning. I have added a grade 3 class to the schedule for a couple of weeks but the Grade 3 teacher is an enthusiastic all-round person and will continue with the classes when I am gone.

Today we will power through some more of the school work so he can go and hang out with his new friends. Today we will cruise down the harbour to attempt the spinnaker again.

Tomorrow we have classes again, and Friday I am off because the school is going on a field trip. Quentin will see if he can go with them. It's for Grades 7-11. If not, he gets a free day as well.

Starting Monday I will be running the Cruiser's net for 2 weeks. Someone on another boat today actually read my article in the Waterway Guide and mentioned it on the radio!!

Quentin has been invited to a birthday party next Friday by one of the students in my class. I guess he does math with them.

There are hardly any boats left here now. People are moving south to the lower Caribbean to get away from the weather, or they are heading north for the summer. We will be following those guys at the end of April. It has been an unusual winter here...not at all what we expected. Too short a time with C-Soul and didn't meet up with Modaki. Haven't spent a lot of time with anyone, but made some new friends through the "kid boats" and made contact with some we haven't seen for years. I feel a bit melancholy. We didn't get to do some of the things we were hoping to do, but it never goes as planned! The boat needs some more repairs ...minor things like new tie-downs for the screens; changing some of the lines; fixing the drive ...again!! And the paint is looking a bit tired. We will do some of that when we come back down in the fall to Florida, getting ready to head out again.

We are looking forward to going up the islands this time and stopping in the places we missed coming down. We are also looking forward to coming home to visit. ttyl