St George Grenada July 12-...

July 15 We are currently situated in the lagoon at St George, the capital city of Grenada which is located in the southwestern corner of the island. The bay is Y-shaped, comprised of the lagoon on one side and an area known as “carenage’ on the other. The lagoon is an anchorage surrounded by marinas and a few shops. The carenage, more commercial with shops, businesses and commercial ships, is easily accessible by dinghy. There is also a tunnel that cuts through the mountain to go to downtown.

Views of the carenage...

National government complex in the carenage; local fishermen selling the days catch. Ladies were lined up at the curb/water's edge buying these fish by the bagful. The answer to your question is no.

This is the Sendall Tunnel...episode number 185 on this high seas adventure where I am so scared that I just might pee on myself. A dazzling word salad obliterates all other coherent thought. Here is a sample: auto-ped, multiple trauma, splenic rupture, life flight, crushed pelvis.

I ask a local who was walking with us (single file, please!!) if anyone ever got hit, she assured me no. Right.

This is what Craig refers to as the "water chopper". We were having the tech over at the marina give our outboard a look-see, and they loaned us this for the day. 25 horse. Fun. A local beach around the corner.

This is the fort overlooking the harbour. For you history buffs, here is a condensed but historically accurate account of what happened here a while back.

Maurice Bishop, a local no-account scalawag, staged a coup and took control of Grenada in 1979. He cavorted about doing really bad things like associating with Castro, the Soviets and turning the country into a socialist/communist state, kind of like what Obama is trying to do to the USA. Some of his inside cabinet men did not like these extreme antics and staged another coup, arresting and ultimately executing Bishop at this fort. Pandemonium ensued. The USA invaded in 1983 to establish order and restore democracy. And they all lived happily ever after. The end.

We are working on some chores around the boat today. It is stormy. We are hoping to leave so to check out other achorages around the southern coast.