Back in Grenada

08/24
(LATITUDE: 12-38.11N LONGITUDE: 061-21.67W)
It rained enough over the few days for us to catch enough water to do some laundry. We filled the ice chest with water added detergent plus laundry closed the lid pulled anchor and headed back towards Tobago Cay while the motion of the ocean moved our cloths just like in a washing machine, well Sid had to help a bit later. This time we anchored by the entrance since the reef side is on the bumpy side this was so much calmer and offers an even more spectacular view over the reefs to Mayreau Island. The colors of the water and the green of the islands make this place a real jewel. We were the only ones anchored and saw that in the reef anchorage only 14 boats were at anchor after all this is the end of this years yachting season. We enjoyed being by ourselves and towards the evening a few dinghies gathered on the beach next to us and the kids started having a race in their kayaks and headed straight for Paradise, Sid grabbed the checkered flag we have and waved it to the winning kayak. They had so much fun they invited us to join them on the beach for some rum punch which we did. One couple was from Switzerland, one family from England, one from Russia and one from Colombia. We had so much fun they all invited us to join them in Chatham Bay the next day.
When we woke up the next day the most beautiful view awaited us, I wished I could describe it, the water was as clear as the air and you could see miles and miles even Carriacou wasn't just a blur but crystal clear and we could see Paul and Karin's house, the colors so vivid we could no take our eyes of it. Around noon we lifted anchor and sailed with spinnaker up out of this Paradise and had an incredible spinnaker run to Chatham Bay on the west side of Union island.
(LATITUDE: 12-36.22N LONGITUDE: 061-26.93W)
This is again an entirely different looking anchorage, surrounded with steep lush hills in-between showing some rugged cliffs while a steep too with sandy beach rested on the foot. The bay is very protected from wind and wave unless it should come out of the west which is rare but the wind tends to shriek down the hills and hit the boats and any angle. The water was clear and turtles popped up all around us. I went for a snorkel but did not find any of them.
We met up with the beach party crew and had a great evening with fun and games.
At the beach party in Tobago Sid had pulled a muscle or tendon on his left ankle that gave him a lot of grief for two days he couldn't step on hid foot and it was swollen pretty bad so he was out of commission. Not just that poor Tika hasn't been herself lately and is getting worse. She's 14 years old and started to loose her pee, first we thought that she was not happy and showing it to us in leaving us presents either on the bed or on top of the dodger. Over the weeks it's gotten worse and since a few days it's really bad and Sid noticed that even when she lays somewhere there is a wet spot around her, which means she's not aware of it, not good for her and for us as I have no laundry machine on the boat. We decided best to head back to Grenada where there is a good veterinarian hospital. I tell you either we are the Grizwald's or the cruising is tough.
We sailed around the corner to Clifton checked out with the authority then sailed back to Hillsborough where we caught a nice big fish. Checked back into Carriacou and headed over to Paul and Karin's house to tell them about our plans. We spend a nice dinner with them at the house and pulled anchor at 4 am in the morning and headed back to Grenada.