That makes me officially a ‘salty sea dog’
The human’s had a lovely time in Tyrrel Bay, Carriacou, and made lots of new friends.
I loved running and swimming on the big beach that surrounded the bay.
We all found the people in Carriacou warm and friendly.
But…the weather forecast, for the next week, looked very settled with lighter winds. Perfect weather to visit some of the small and uninhabited islands, often bypassed, on the way south to Grenada.
The first, and most popular, is the ‘picture post card’ White Island.
We sailed around the south point of Carriacou and around into the strait that separates White Island from Saline Island.
We anchored up a little closer to Saline Island as it gave us a little protection from the swell. The reefs surrounding us gave us great protection from the Atlantic waves. A strong current, between the islands, kept the stern of the boat pointed into what ever swell snuck around the island giving us a smooth, but gurgelly, night.
This anchorage afforded us a great view of the sun set too, which I will add to the end of the blog.
The first thing the human’s had to do was jump in the kayaks, with their snorkeling gear and go explore White Island and its surrounding reef.
The human’s did some snorkeling over the reef and harvested their first pair of conch.
I had to laugh at them as they did their best to follow the instructions, given in their fishing guide, to extract the animal inside…..that clearly did not want to come out.
It may have been a lot of work to get the meat out, beaten it to a pulp, chopped up it with green onions, a little egg, flour, cayenne pepper and deep-fried, but the resulting conch fritters were delicious!
Later in the day I got to go explore Saline Island with the humans.
Although the island is uninhabited, there is lots of evidence that it was not always that way. There are the remains of a stone and more modern wood structure.
And finally, for those people who need an excuse to have a drink, here is your SUNDOWNER over the lovely White Island.
Off to visit Isle de Ronde tomorrow.
3 thoughts on “White and Saline Island, Grenada – Caribbean picture post cards”
OMG can’t believe it’s been a year already, do you get a long service medal for being with the Humans all that time??
PS Not sure I’d want to share a bath with him either!!!!
Stay safe..x
Wow! What beautiful pictures, sounds as though things are going well. Approx. how long do you expect this journey to take?. Weather here in Orillia is very hot and Humid, so we stay in with the A/c on. There has been alot of flooding in Alberta..(almost had to cancel the stampede) Haven’t seen Pat and Dave yet this summer,but they will show up one day. Your Dog looks to be enjoying the trip as much as you two. Safe sailing to all and we will be in touch again….Hugs Rose.
Well Rose and Lloyd,
The trip will take ‘as long as it takes’.
Well at least as long as the money holds out.
All plans are liquid, but we plan on staying in the Caribbean for 3 more years.
1 year to do the North-eastern Caribbean,
1 year to do the South-western Caribbean,
and 1 year to do the North-western Caribbean.
Then I guess it is through the Panama Canal and of to the Pacific.
We have met cruisers that have spent 10 years circumnavigating the Caribbean, and we have met others who have spent the same amount of time circumnavigating the Pacific. The world is our oyster!
I piece of me will always be left behind in Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada. And maybe we will make it up into there some day.