Caribbean Rum and Beer Festival

Last year we arrived in Grenada 1 day after the Rum and Beer Festival.

We missed it by 1 Day!

Jim was not going to let that happen this year!

In addition to the rum tasting there were culinary students preparing food with rum.
There was rum cake, rum balls, coconut shrimp with beer and chicken and beef  flambe with rum.

Jim makes it a point to taste new rums where ever we travel and we had already tasted most of the rums at the festival but it was still fun.

Here I am pretending that I don't know anything about El Dorado Rum so I can get a sample of the El Dorado 15 year old.  Smoooooooth!  We highly recommend it!

Grenada produces a number of good rums.
Another good reason to visit!

Nimrod's

Over in Woburn, a small village on the south coast of Grenada, is Nimrod's Rum Shop.

Nimrod's was made famous (at least among cruisers) in the book

 "An Embarrassment of Mangoes". 

Nimrod's is a typical rum shop, a place where the locals gather to have a beer or rum and to Lime.

Think of it as your favorite neighborhood bar. 

Wendy, Phyllis, Steve and Hope enjoying a cold one.

If you be limin' then you know this is good advice.

Definition: Limin' - to relax, take it easy while you hang out with friends.

We be limin' mon!

More words of wisdom or just a warning?

The aroma of curry was just too irresistible so we moved down to the patio to wait for 

Mrs. Nimrod's chicken roti......... 

........and to enjoy the view of the neighborhood.

I think all neighborhood bars should have a view like this!

Grenada Again

We're home, back in Grenada.

Back to blue sky and water, green hills and white sand.

Back to warm breeze and warm temperatures.

It feels good.  It feels right.

Detour to North Carolina

Here's a few more beautiful fall pictures, this time from North Carolina.

It is 7 years since we first visited here.  We were in our first year of cruising, motoring down the Intracoastal Waterway and we were taken in by the scenery and friendly people.

Hiking has been a pleasure, both in the state parks and on the walking trails near our friend Reed's home.

Just a few hours from Durham and we were on the Atlantic beaches.

Gorgeous stretches of white sand as far as you can see.

We came across a kite festival at Wrightsville Beach.

Just look at the size of these kites in comparison to the people on the ground!

A beautiful sight on a perfect fall day at the beach!

Tomorrow it's back to beautiful Grenada.

We have a few weeks of boat projects to finish up before launching Merengue.

Can't wait to be back on the water!

If a leaf falls in the woods and no one is around .....

..... is it still frickin' cold!

After a wonderful summer and fall in northern Wisconsin, it's time to head south.

We closed up the cottage for the winter and will head back to Grenada in a few weeks after visiting with family and friends.

 These photos show the beauty that is northern Wisconsin in the fall.

Northern Wildlife

Here's a few of Jim's photographs from our boat ride around the lake yesterday.

Eagle and Common Loon sightings are a daily occurrence but one we never get tired of.

If you've never heard the call of a loon, echoing over a lake, you are missing something.

It is both eerie and beautiful. 

Another reason we love northern Wisconsin in the summertime.

At the Lake

To regular followers of this blog, our apologies for the absence of new posts.

We use this blog to tell you about the cruising life and show you the Caribbean islands we visit. 

This summer we are back in the States, spending the summer at a cabin in northern Wisconsin.

 

 We still wake up to views of the water and beautiful green shoreline.

We still get to do our favorite things.

A cabin at the lake for the summer. 

It's my personal heaven!

We'll be back aboard Merengue in beautiful Grenada later in the fall.

See you then!