You've really got a hold on me

We briefly considered heading up to Bequia for a week or two, but since the solar panels are reported to be on the boat from Miami and arriving in Grenada this week, we decided to wait and hope we can expedite the project if we are on hand when they arrive. So, what have we been up to?

--we broke a dinghy oar, so ordered a new pair that arrived from St. Martin late last week. Susan and JP epoxied them Saturday but they are taking FOREVER to dry.

--we all three got haircuts from a fellow cruiser (thank you, Terry!)

--we've been to cooking class every week (though JP skipped thus past Thursday)

--we've discovered the joys (fresh baguettes, nice meat and fish market, breakfast, lunch, dinner and great Internet access) of Whisper Cove Marina, run by a very nice French-Canadian couple

--we finally made it to Roger's Beach Bar for their Sunday BBQ

--we bought (actually, we traded - for a case of Carib IN CANS - now a scarce commodity because the Carib bottling plant folks are on strike here) a 19" flat screen as a temporary replacement for the dead screen on our Qosmio laptop; we'll get a new boat pc when next Stateside, but now at least we can watch movies and use charts again

--we entertained a few times; Saturday night we had Jamie and Casey from Santa Magdalena. We made vichyssoise, fish in gravy (a recipe from cooking class, and skate from Whisper Cove), basmati rice, and an apple tart that produced an interesting effect; I'll try to post a photo if the smoke filled galley)

--Leigh went to an every other week farmers market that re-started after a holiday break

--we participated in the Mt. Airy Young Readers program, a cruiser/community partnership to provide several hours of tutoring in reading, spelling and arithmetic. We missed this last weekend but will try to return this coming weekend I think.

We have gone swimming every day (except yesterday, as it rained all day until we headed off to Roger's), gone to burger night at Clarke's Court Bay, had lunch at the Phare Bleu, read a lot...it's been really nice to stay put. Tomorrow we will pick up a couple of kayaks (a local business is sadly struggling with a greatly reduced number of visitors, and reports that there will be even fewer cruise ships stopping in Grenada next season); we will get one single and one double, for less than half the price of one new single.