We have finally arrived in Grenada, our hurricane season destination. While we may pop down to Trinidad for a month or so to get some new canvas for the bimini and mounts for the solar panels, we are pretty much here until November.
The main bay for cruisers is Prickly Bay, a long sheltered anchorage overlooked by mansions. There is a small beach close to where we are anchored that we swim to each morning for a bit of exercise.
There are also a number of other anchorages here on Grenada that look beautiful and a little more secluded. Gary particularly wants to visit Gary Island, for obvious reasons.
While sitting in the same few anchorages for 5 months may sound tedious to some, it doesn't look that way at all. Firstly, Grenada is beautiful and feels really safe. I can see us going on lots of trips out and about the island (crossing fingers one of those trips is to the Chocolate Factory!). Secondly, The cruiser community here is vibrant. At 8am there is the Cruisers Net over the radio, where announcements are made of arriving and departing boats, social events, and the "treasures of the bilge" trade/exchange section. There are joint trips to town, quiz nights, domino nights, cooking lessons as well countless impromptu cocktail nights. Thirdly, we have our new crew member to keep us entertained - but she will feature on the next blog!
We made our first trip into town to the supermarket and I am overjoyed at the range. It feels so good to know there is a proper supermarket close by that I can actually come back to, so there is no need to go crazy and buy up large on each trip.
The buses (which could better be described as vans) are great here. One arrives at least every two minutes along the main road and $2.50EC ($1.25NZ) to go just about anywhere.
We look forward to sampling the local cuisine at the countless bars and restaurants close by.
All in all, we are pretty excited to explore our new home and settle into the cruisers hurricane season lifestyle.
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