Queens Park Savanna
260 acres (110 ha) of level land. The distance around the perimeter is 2.2 mi (3.5 km).
Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
February 10, 2018
Day 2 of the Junior Carnival:
Teenagers and Toddlers wait patiently in the tropical sun.
Group leaders adjust costumes and makeup.
Kids march and dance.
Big kids in Big costumes.
Little kids in Little costumes.
Tiny tots in diapers.
Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
Friday
February 9, 2018
Good Day,
When I decided to attend the annual Carnival Celebration in Trinidad, I expected to mix in with the local population as they enjoyed their adult beverages and other local substances while they paraded and danced through the streets of this capital city.
The Children’s Parades were totally unexpected.
B”H
Rodney Bay
Saint Lucia
January 8. 2018
My Dear Friend,
A Rainbow!
HaShem sent a rainbow yesterday as we departed Mayreau on our return to Bequia.
The sail was smooth and colorful. Many lovely yachts about. Best of all, HaShem sent a rainbow to inspire our final voyage.
Today our course is North.
From Bequia in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, to Rodney Bay in Saint Lucia, the course is North.
10:00 On the morning of our planned departure from Bequia, the wind comes from the North. The route will be upwind, or directly against the wind, and not the most pleasant situation for a 45’ sailboat.
“We’ll wait until the afternoon,” Captain Bill decides, “because if the wind shifts from the North to the Northeast, the sailing will be a little more favorable. Regardless, it will be a lively sail.”
Saltwhistle Bay
Mayreau
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
January 5, 2018
A Kite. That’s how I describe St. Vincent and the Grenadines. An archipelago that looks like a Kite.
At the head of the Kite is the main island of St. Vincent. The smaller islands form the Tail.
We "fly down" the "tail" to Mayreau.
Mayreau is the smallest inhabited island of the kite-like archipelago. Only 1.5 square miles and a population of 271.
And yet, Saltwhistle Bay is a delightful anchorage with a bar and restaurant and a good WiFi connection.
Bequia (“Island of the Clouds”)
7 sq mi (18 km2)
Pop 4300
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
January 1, 2018
Happy New Year!
With his head of windblown hair and his beard of whitecaps and waves, we are greeted at the dock with his welcoming smile and his tee shirt that reads, “Livin’ the Dream.”
Here in Bequia locals “Live the Dream.”
And since there is no convenient way to travel here except on a boat, Bequia is one of those places in the world known only to sailors. Sailors and their crew and passengers also “Live the Dream.”
December 30, 2017
Fill the fuel tanks, cast off the lines, and motor out of the harbor at Rodney Bay and into the Caribbean Sea.
Captain Bill and I are sailing south. My first trip on a sailboat.
The prevailing northeast winds are behind us. Main sail raised. Head sail raised. Destination plotted. Auto pilot engaged. Motor disengaged. We “fly” south along the west coast of St. Lucia, past the mountains and the Pitons on the southern tip of the island.
