Catching Up

A Catch-Up at Sea
I'm writing this as we sail to Bonaire (with an Angel of Mercy stop in Los Roques to deliver a part to a boat. It is a Cataraman - Mustang Sally - but we can excuse that because they are Canadian!!) from Grenada. We thought it was time to catch up with the last few days because Bonaire will start a new page in our adventure book.
After Cheryl's delightful birthday party at the Perry's apartment we all went back to Mystic Journey the next day for a sail. We got there around 10 if my memory serves me (time IS different here!!) and after squaring everything away, we sailed out of Prickly Bay for parts unknown. Actually we knew where we were and we knew where we were going but it sounds adventurous to say it that way. Graham took the wheel as we left the bay and in fact sailed for the whole trip. When I helped Graham take Artemo
to St Davids he gave me the same privilege and I remember how nice it felt to sail once again behind the wheel. At that time we hadn't sailed for about 5 weeks and it rejuvenated me so since Graham hadn't sailed since being back in Canada I thought I would return the favour.
For those of you who have checked the Position Report link on the blog you may have noted 2 points south of Grenada - that was where we sailed on Tuesday. Julie, Alex and Amelia spent some time sitting on the side with their feet dangling (see Casting Off's blog) and then Alex and I moved further up the boat and sat with feet dangling while we discussed a wide variety of topics. It is really great to talk to Alex and Millie like that because they are so wise and so knowledgeable - not just for their
age but in all aspects.
Cheryl kind of hung out doing her thing - talking about the boat and the upcoming trip and as soon as we got back she was busy making lunch for all. Not to say that making lunch is her thing but that day it was!!
We got back to Prickly about 2:30 and the kids (and I) were immediately in the water, soon joined by Julie and Graham. Too soon, however, they had to head back and we said our farewells. It was really somewhat sad - but in a good way. We had so enjoyed having them around and now we were leaving but we also know that we will see them as soon as they possibly can after they get Artemo back in the water.
Well, since I am sending this through our SSB link and it is better to keep things short, I will close this blog and later tonight or early tomorrow while I am standing watch I will see if I can bring you all up to the present date and time