Grenada 8/2

We took a group taxi to Gouyave, site of a weekly fish festival. Streets are closed off and vendors set up booths to sell the local catch. Fish any way you can imagine...it is an all-evening eating affair.

Jay and Jennifer, new friends of S/V Rum Runner:

Street scenes...

Carnival is next week and we happened upon a steel band, no wait, a symphony, with at least 40 pieces, practicing for "Panorama". The videos below do not do justice but may give you a taste:

Something for the engineers and technical folk. I noticed the exhaust/muffler hanging out of the side of the building. Investigation was required:

A word about buying eggs down island. There ain't no egg cartons here. Run, while you still have a car, to the camping section of the local WalMart, while you still have one, and pick up an egg crate:

We have been wanting to shade the deck over the forward cabin and salon because it is so effective in reducing overall temperature inside the boat. Custom canvas work is officially off the list, but wait, we've got a tarp stashed away. Iteration #1: The tent. Reminds me of forts built from bedsheets in the living room on rainy days. MOMMMM: can I have some sheets???? Smile....

OK. A local shack and a rainbow:

But wait. There's more. After some thought, iteration #2, using battens from our old main sail.

Matt: Tarp-o-Gami! Thanks for talking us into keeping the battens...

Christy: I haz shadz...

Here is fun link if you are into meteor showers and stuff..

http://www.theskyscrapers.org/meteors/

And here are some videos of the steel band practice...

We are just hanging out the next day or two and then heading up to a marina in St Georges. Carnival is coming next week. By all reports, it puts Mardi Gras to shame. These people throw paint instead of beads. Could get ugly if you are the throwee instead of the thrower...

St Georges is the center of action and we have decided that if we are to be in the thick of it, we should be in the marina...better security/boat safety, bathroom access, etc. It also gives us a chance to check out the marina before we pull in for the months of September and October.