Over the course of this last 10 days we have enjoyed reuniting with many of our Grenada and Trinidad friends. There have been a number of dinners and cocktail hours aboard each of our boats. I have enjoyed being able to jump off the boat into clean water again. Mike’s foot is healing well. I hiked out to the Seven Sisters Falls again with Carl and Carrie of s/v Sanctuary to celebrate Carrie’s Birthday. I had brought a few bananas with me and we stopped again at Monkey Point where we had a couple of greenback monkey come right up to us for their treats. One even grabbed at Carries dress looking for more. We were joined by John and Patty from s/v Anhinga who I had not seen since Boqueron, Puerto Rico. We had a nice walk but only the girls braved the cool mountain water at the falls. When we returned I baked Carrie some of my famous BBQ Brownies for her special day! Mike, who was still not up to hiking, spent the day with Dave from s/v DaniellStorey and our newest friends Ronnie and Babbie on s/v Campechano. Ronnie, an avid fisherman, loves to take people out fishing on their beautiful 47 ft Catana Catamaran. He has a vast wealth of knowledge and can read the sea and the birds to know where to fish. They came home with some tuna and rainbow runner. Ronnie’s love is fishing and Babbie’s is her horses back in Puerto Rico where they live. We have enjoyed a number of wonderful meals together and look forward to meeting up with them as we travel north. They have also invited us to visit them in PR where I will have the opportunity to go horseback riding. We are not the only ones moving north. Ken and Katy of s/v Diana who we had met briefly in Grenada and got to know better in Trinidad also returned from there and anchored next to us in Hog Island. We have spent a number of fun evenings with them and they introduced us to some other St. Johnians, Josh and Lou on s/v Survivan. Josh and Lou operate a great day charter out of St. John and we were treated to a wonderful evening of laughter, singing and impromptu songwriting. I’m not sure the songs we came up with will hit the top 40 anytime soon though with titles such as “Falling Off my Nachos” and of course, that all time favorite “Giardia, the Beaver Disease”. OK, so there was a little rum involved that night! I know from the highlights I have shared that you might think our lives are just one big party but in reality there is always chores to do, laundry, grocery shopping, repairs, and etc. that make up the bulk of our days. We took the bus into St. George and finally met with Herve, our RayMarine Representative, to pick up the new motor for our Auto Helm. Michael has it installed and it appears to working well but on the same note we noticed that our back up compass needs to be repaired……It’s always something!
Tag: Seven Sisters Falls
Seven Sisters Falls
July 14th, 2010
Mike and I joined Dave and Michelle from S/V DaniellStorey on a walk to the Seven Sisters falls. We caught the bus from Woburn into the Main Terminal and then on up into the mountains squealing around corners to Grand Etang. The bus let us out at a place called Monkey Point in Grand Etang but we were not lucky enough to see any. Mona Monkeys were introduced to Grenada from Africa. We walked down the road about ½ mile to the trailhead to the Falls. We paid our fee to cross private land and then picked up a walking stick and headed down the trail. We crossed a working farm where a wide variety of fruits and veggies were being grown including Nutmeg, Mango, starfruit, Avocado, Pumpkin, Melons, Long Beans, and many others crops we did not recognize. The trail was a little slick from the recent rains but not too bad. The walking sticks were very helpful. Michelle had brought some samples of some seeds she was hoping to collect and asked the local who was collecting the fees if any of them were found along this trail. The seeds , shells and sea glass she has found in her travels she incorporates with beads to make some beautiful jewelry. http://web.me.com/daniellstorey/Seed_and_Sea_Caribbean_Jewelry/Welcome.html As we were walking along she spotted an oblong pod on the ground and suddenly the treasure hunt was on. We had found what are referred to as Donkey Eye Seeds. I helped her collect a nice bag full before continuing on our hike. After taking some photos, Dave and Mike meandered further down the trail where we met up with them when we finally exhausted our search efforts. We made our way to the Lower falls of the Seven Sisters and changed into our swimsuits to take a cooling plunge after our hike. We enjoyed the lunch we had brought with us and were soon joined by a few others and their guide Cliffon Castle. Cliffon is certified to be able to dive from the top of the falls and gave us a great show by doing a back flip from the top of the falls into the pool below. It was amazing to watch. After relaxing at the falls for a while we made our way back, stopping under a Nutmeg tree as we waited for a small rain shower to pass. We met a local Rasta Farmer walking the road carrying a bunch of bananas on his head. I found and photographed a Torch Lily also called a Porcelain Rose. Our hike concluded back at the trailhead where we sat and talked with Cliffon and a couple of other locals about the area and showed them the footage we had taken at the falls. I will try to post it to You Tube when I have the bandwidth. It was a wonderful day in the hills of Grenada and we look forward to many more hikes and adventures with the Crew of DaniellStorey.
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