We finally finished getting the arch repaired, and we are back in the wind generating business. It required a two night stay in a marina, which wasn't too bad, with hot showers and a pool - So this is how the other half lives! Judy needed a health certificate in order to fly home with Spike, so she called the vet to come to the marina while we were there. Yes, they make house calls here - in fact, he only charged EC$60 (about US$23!). While he was looking over Spike and the paperwork, I noticed a woman and two kids hanging out on the dock and asked if they were his family - he said yes, so I said bring them aboard! I gave the kids the tour and entertained them below while the grownups talked in the cockpit. Seven year old Christopher especially liked watching the bilge pump work, of all things ;-) Judy and Kathy Anne really hit it off and she invited us to go fishing the next day. I had to stay and help reinstall the newly welded arch, but there was no reason why Judy couldn't go. They caught quite a few "butterfish". They have no worries about Ciguatera in Grenada - apparently, there isn't much here, so they eat every type of fish, reef or pelagic.
Today we finally had time to stroll and shop the markets in St George's. It was very interesting to walk through a tunnel that had one way auto traffic and two way pedestrian traffic (with no separation) and into busy open air markets full of $1 bootleg videos (yes, I bought a few, and no, I'm not feeling guilty about taking food out of Johnny Depp's mouth ;-). And then, best of all, the spice and produce market. There are no cruise ships this time of the year, so Judy and I stand out quite obviously from the crowd. Which makes us very popular, because the already outgoing vendors know that we don't know the value of any of the produce, and that we are probably quite poor at bargaining as well. Quite true, so we came home with a bunch of mangoes, avocados, spices I can't even name, and 'fig' bananas (WAY better than Cavendish, which is just about the only type available in the USA - in fact, every Cavendish banana is genetically identical, similar to the Bartlett pear), but both us and the vendors were quite happy about the deal. Prices can be quite expensive for some things here, but they are very cheap for the produce which is grown on island - and they can grow just about anything!
Kathy Anne and her friend Shawn, who owns the wooden fishing boat
Shawn hamming it up
From Fort George - a lot of history here, some fairly recent - this is where Maurice Bishop was murdered (executed) by the coupists prior to the US intervention in 1983
The view from the fort into the harbor, or the 'Carenage', as it is called
The Market
With Teresa, the Spice Lady - Grenadian people tend to be very friendly, and Teresa loves to give hugs!
Look at that pair of mangoes!
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