Guadeloupe
Iles Des
Saintes was the first stop in Guadeloupe.
We only stayed there for two nights before moving on. Beautiful place! Next, we traveled up the coast to a place
called Pigeon Island – city named Malendur.
Just one mile off the coast is a waterpark named after Jacques Cousteau
– SPLENDID!! Gorgeous water, plentiful
fish life, and warm. Good thing it was
protected waters, because there were some yellow tails that were big!!
After being
joined by our friends for some snorkeling and and nice anniversary dinner in
Malendur, we moved up to Deshaies – on the northwest corner. Weather dictates that we move on or be here
for at least another week. So we checked
out and left early on December 7.
St. Martin
Just about
24 hours later, we anchored in Simpson Bay to wait for daylight and the lift
bridge to open so we could enter Simpson Bay Lagoon. A day to recuperate from the crossing and we
are going strong again. We are enjoying
the tuna we caught on the crossing. We
shared with Celtic Rover – the ½ tuna we caught. Yes, we had a double strike and by the time
we reeled the second one in, he was only the front half. Nice, fresh tuna that we ALL enjoy (including
Roxy).
Bruce
helped us with a tune up on the carburetor of the dinghy motor and we are back
in business with being more mobile again.
Roxy appreciates being able to travel to shore more regularly – as we
all do. Literally, anything you need for
a boat is here in St. Martin. We are
here in the protected lagoon to wait out the winds that have increased
significantly in velocity. It is a lot
different here than when we were here in June or July – many more boats and
some big mega yachts!
As soon as
the weather allows (maybe Monday the 17th), we are going to move
again toward the USVI. We are trying to
make Culebra for Christmas. Next stop,
our phones will work once more!!!! :D
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