Again we considered going around the corner to Grosier but it is still blowing hard, the forecast for tomorrow and Tuesday is much better. We got a reservation for the dock on Wednesday so we really just want to get off this mooring ball and avoid paying for a couple of days. Would be nice…

We found out yesterday our berth in the marina will be ready for Wednesday and we’ve paid on this mooring ball up until yesterday. We were planning to leave here today for the south-east beaches on the weekend but it is blowing like crazy and we figure it would be a rough crossing and probably…

This turns out to be a pretty amazing day. We’re headed to a very popular waterfall in the Guadeloupe National Park and so are up at 5 am to get a head start on the crowds. Couple coffees for the road and we are driving away at 6:05 am. Pretty good. Roads are starting to…

Amazingly, the part we ordered from the US has gone from Florida, to Paris, to Guadeloupe in about 6 days. It is now in Pointe-a-Pitre – just got to get it out of customs. UPS says it tried to deliver it today but the business was closed (it was) so they will try again tomorrow.…

Today is the final day of carnival in Guadeloupe and absolutely nothing will be open today. It also dawns clear and calm so a good day to work on the old dinghy. Around 10 am or so we motor over towards the south end of Isle de Cochon where there is a tiny, deserted beach…

A little too rainy, a little too windy to take the old dinghy across to Isle de Cochon for repairs as it needs to dry and we want to leave it there overnight. Today is Fat Tuesday and we here there is a parade in the main city, although all businesses will be closed. There…

Poking away at problems again today as many days. We end up going in and out of the marina at least 4 times today. Once to ferry Ben and Astrid, once to pay our mooring fees (found out yesterday it is NOT free) and another time because we didn’t realize we needed boat registration papers…

Scotty’s birthday today. We’re going to go “up the river” in our new dinghy. We’ve heard it’s a nice enough journey in a dinghy through this canal that separates the two halves of Guadeloupe. We set off before noon in pretty rough seas all the way across the bay (gonna be worse coming back but…

We go meet Ben and Astrid on the dock around 9 am where they will buy the new dinghy, we will swap. Happy Valentine’s Day and another birthday present! We forgot to tell them about the entrance papers they will need to get duty free and it turns out this is a problem. There are…

Hey it’s Friday the 13th and also my 67th birthday. Far from unlucky, this day will see providence smile on us again. We make our way into the marina to greet our new dinghy which is supposed to be on the dock at 9 am. We’re a bit early and it’s not there so we…