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I know this is against the norm in the blogging world but, I try to keep the site clean and easy to read for our reader’s enjoyment. For this reason, I opted to keep comments to one page. We would love to hear from you. Do not let my wacky thought process deter you from expressing your feelings regarding our postings or another items of interest you want to share.
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Mark and Cindy
I’m now kind of sorry we won’t be visiting Grenada. All those lovely fruits that grow there! Those little lime looking fruits do sound delicious. As usual, the colors in those photos!!
The skinups are indeed delicious! You never know, you might get here one day. Once you get past New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, the rest is a piece of cake 🙂
You guys look like you’re having a wonderful time in Grenada. Those fruits that resemble limes sound fascinating. Never seen anything like that before.
Wait until you taste them. OMG soooooo gooooood!!!!! It’s no wonder the kids eat them like candy.
Hello – Just found your site, though I’m fairly certain we are friends on Facebook and I believe I met both of you, last year! Did you used to keep the boat at Waterford? I’m not good with names, but I do remember the Amel, they are gorgeous boats!
Anyways, just wanted to pop in and say hey!
Hi Jennifer,
So glad you popped in to say hey! I don’t think we been to Waterford. But, glad we are friends. On my way now to stop by your blog and see where we crossed paths.
Mark and Cindy
Happy birthday! What a wonderful birthday present. Love the colorful tires and signs.
Thanks Ellen. Yes, Cindy did well this year.
I really thought the tires were a great idea. They’ll last forever and the paint is the Grenadian flag colors. They had a lot of little signs but I particularly liked the “Wonderful World – Beautiful People”.
Mark
Love your grandmother story about buying nutmeg! Such a precious memory. ..
Wonder if your guide is the son of the woman (Christine Rowle, I think) who was described in the book “An Embarrassment of Mangoes”? The age and knowledge would be about right.
Can’t wait for part two! Maybe we’ll make it that far some day in Sionna…
Hi Keith and Nicki, I don’t think Rowle was related since this was his first name. He was a walking encyclopedia of plant knowledge. However, he didn’t care for cactus plants.Too funny.
We do hope you make it down here. Grenada is a wonderful island with super friendly people. We are so glad we decided to spend hurricane season here, in more way than one.
Mark
It’s so fun to see your updates from the southern Caribbean including Grenada. We lost our boat there in 2004, Hurricane Ivan, and haven’t been back since. We’ve been keeping our new boat in the BVI for the last 12 years and just survived the Irma/Maria one-two punch. It’s amazing to see Grenada’s rebirth as everything looks so new and clean (which gives me great hope for the BVI/VI too). It makes me anxious to go back to Grenada. Your photos are really vibrant and a joy to scan through.
Thank you for stopping by the blog and for the nice comments about our photos. Photography has been a favorite hobby of ours for years.
We are so sorry to hear about your experience in 2004. Ivan is the bench mark in Grenada. Every story starts with either before or after Hurricane Ivan. It really devastated this beautiful island. And then, Wow, BVI this year as well? We are glad all is well with you and your boat. We hope your future cruising life is full of better weather and better memories.
This has been a sad and devastating hurricane season. So many people we know who live on islands in the Caribbean, in homes in the USA and living on boat have been affected. Some faired well, others did not. Our hearts go out to the thousands of people in the Caribbean and the USA who have lost so much. It is going to take months for some and years for others to rebuild. For some, it ended their cruising adventure and for others it is picking up the pieces and starting over. There are so many stories being told of good news and bad. The best stories are of people coming together to help others. I hope the sentiment of goodwill toward others will continue to carry forward.
Hi Currently shopping for an Amel super maramu. How does your boat steer under power in tight spaces?
Jackie, we can turn our Amel like it has twin engines. We have a bow thruster that helps spin the boat. I would never consider buying a larger boat without thrusters. We watched an Island Packet try to dock yesterday in crosswinds (no thruster). It was messy.
The Belmont Estates looks like a very interesting and delicious place to visit 🙂
As always I love seeing the brilliant colors in your photos. Shopping at those types of markets is going to be a challenge for me. I don’t even do farmer’s markets here in the U.S. easily. I’m sure I’ll survive. But I can probably save you the trouble of starting up a pot farm in Washington. It will be taxed unmercifully. And plus, there is already a ton of competition. Now, if you wanted to be the entrepreneur who opened a pot store targeted at middle aged and older people, you’d probably clean up.
You are too funny and probably so right. 🙂
Shopping at the market becomes easier when you miss things like tomatoes and it is the only place you can find a few. Haha. It can sometimes be challenging with vendors clamoring for business from every direction. I just try to think of it as an adventure that I get to experience.
Godspeed Mark and Cindy
Thank you, Steven!
Best wishes to you and yours as well.