Carribean Sailing diary

Tuesday, Dec 10, 2002

7:15 A little cuddling + talk, but no sex. 7:45 Get up + write since 7pm. Peter made me an omelet again. Put away dishes from the dishwasher + fill it up with breakfast dishes.

Intense rain storm for 10 min.

Check tomorrow's flight + Thurs.

9AM Start farture rec 11/16. Mike asks me questions about his "Go to" book circa 1980. Plan to go to Bitter End. Plan ferry to airport tomorrow.

10:15 More farture rec 11/16. 10:50 Get ready to go. Drive to Gun Creek. 11:30 Take Ferry to Bitter End. 12:30 Buy caps for Ken, Dad, + me and bag for Meg and a puka necklace for me.

Reserve seats on Ferry to airport.

Menu at Bitter End Restaurant looks expensive so we take a Launch to Saba Rock restaurant. Good fish tacos + ice tea.

1:20 Buy Pirate Tshirt for Henry Take Launch from Saba to Gun Creek Drive back to house.

2pm Regroup. Reserve Little Dix.

2:15 Walk down to Lava rock Bay Pusser's to explore + shop. Photos. Buy steel drum Christmas CD.

3:15 Go through diary highlighting snorkeling in pink, and helping Ron with his plotting the route of our voyage.

4:30 At pool, finish Fortune rec 11/16.

5pm Get ready for Little Dix. Start packing. Drive out there. Unfortunately it's dark, but we walk around anyway and I buy a Tshirt. Nice library room, big with open air doorways.

7pm Martinis, dinner + dessert.

Drive back home.

I'm a little tired from the drinks, so we go to bed, and end up playing awhile.

10:15 To sleep. More odd dreams.

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Wednesday, Dec 11

7:30 Wake up. Talk. Breakfast. Pack more.

Drive out to the hike up to the top of Gora Peak.

Good views, though 70% cloudy.

9:45 Head back down + drive home. Finish packing.

10:30 Write in here. Talk more with Mike re "GoTo" Shower, etc. Say goodbye to John + Garrett. Ron has gone to the doctor, so Mike + Peter walk to the Ferry dock over at Pusser's. As Peter noted, this will probably to most fabulous airport taxi service I ever use!

12:00 Get on the ferry + Mike takes a photo of me using the last shot on my disposable camera.

As I pull away, I recall the water taxi from the Venice airport!

The ferry goes to Bitter End Yacht Club, to pick up people, and then back past Pusser's out to the sea. Nice scenery + good weather.

1pm Check in at airport, and get onto the 2:14 pm flight, instead of the 3:06 which I booked.

(Write up more in here.) Fill out US Customs Declaration.

1:30 Start boarding process. As the plane leaves, it flies over Marina Cay, where I panicked in the water. I can see the great flow of water passing over the reef! Yikes!

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