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On Thursday, August 13 the ship Logos Hope arrived here in Grenada for about a 10-day visit. We had never heard of this ship, but we read about it in the local newspaper and decided to check it out. This non-profit organization has been sailing the world since 1970, and can house about 600 volunteers from 70 countries. They promote education, aid relief, social awareness, and a personal relationship with God in the ports & countries where they travel. They offer books for sale at very affordable prices... many of them religious books and text books. They had quite a selection of cook books and 
children's books, as well as some games. They also had a pretty large variety of christian music available. It very much reminded me of a christian book store... only floating! There really aren't any big book stores here in Grenada. Although there are lots of places where you can "swap" books, it's hard to find a nice variety of books for sale all in one place. At one point during their stay, the ship had to move from the pier to find calmer seas. (Hurricane Bill did not affect us, but it made the seas a bit choppy along the shore lines.) They must have still had trouble when they tried to come back in the next morning because they ended up docked at the shipping dock in the Carenage... which is where our Windjammer ships used to dock. If you have some time, it's worth a visit to their website (click on their name above)... they even have a few webcams aboard the ship so you can see the view! And there's an 
interesting video tour of the ship on their site as well.
Nothing much going on lately. As I mentioned, Hurricane Bill did not really affect us... except there was one day that was absolutely stifling hot with no breeze to be found! (I'm told that's because the hurricanes suck the moisture up and away from us as they pass by.) We're watching another weather development that's off the coast of Africa and may become another hurricane. Apparently, this one is beginning lower than usual and causes Grenadians to hold their breath as they wait for it to turn north.
Our hash last Saturday
actually should have been called a "mud slide"! It rained quite a bit earlier in the day... and looked like it might rain on us during the hash. (I think many of us would have welcomed the rain, thinking maybe it would wash some of the mud off!) I slid off a boulder in the stream and ended up to my thighs in water... then managed to go through the rest of the trail with squishy, muddy boots. YUK! 
(It was fun though, seeing all the first-timer hashers at the end of this one!)
I'm still working on painting my stone wall in the master bedroom. The stones are finished, but I'm slowly adding some greenery (and lizards) to make it look more realistic. Watch for another blog entry in the next day or two & I'll post some photos of it!
Until then...
Well... between the raindrops (and huge downpours) this week, Grenada's Carnival parade finally made an appearance on Saturday! Scott & I met friends at the Tropicana on Tuesday thinking that the rain would pass in time for the start of the parade at 1:00. Unfortunately, the downpours continued... at least until word got out that the parade would be postponed until Saturday. In the meantime, we met a great couple who is also living here... Chris & Beryl (from the UK). Turns out that Chris is "Hogan of Grenada" who reports on the weather at the Grenada link on the Caribbean Hurricane Network.
So we went back yesterday to do it all over again (fully loaded with my camera backpack)! Although it rained a bit in the morning, the rest of the day turned out to be just beautiful! The streets were buzzing with spectators... and some very, VERY loud music! (Of course, we came prepared with our ear plugs!)
The photos posted here came from our new friend. (Thanks for sending them to me, Chris!)
Here's a little slide show with some highlights...
I've been wanting to take another drive up to Pearl's airstrip, and we finally had the time to do that last Sunday. (I had taken a photo of a young family there on my last trip & wanted to give them a print as a keepsake.) It was a holiday weekend (Emancipation Day), so there wasn't much else to do anyway.
On the way back we took a different route that brought us past a new restaurant we came across while hashing a few months ago. There looked to be some activity, 
so we pulled into the parking lot & asked if they were open. (There was a small gathering of people hanging around... left over from a party the night before.) Bert, the owner greeted us with a friendly smile... as though we were old friends! Although he is closed on Sundays, he was more than happy to show us around. Of course, we ended up at the bar in his banquet room, where he brought out his own "home brew" (a blended rum) and we had our own little tasting party, meanwhile passing time with conversation about how he got started with this venture. By the time we left, we had our own bottles of his "brew" to bring home with us!
Our hash last weekend was at Grand Etang Park. There is a lake there and the trai
l basically took us all around the lake. Most of the path though was a big mud bog... at some times I felt it was like quicksand! There are a few "resident" mona monkeys that hang out at th
e entrance, so we were able to get some photos of them. They are not pets, and pretty much come & go as they please. Sometimes there's a guy hanging around with them asking for money if you photograph them. He was not around today... probably because the tourists are not here this time of year. I watched the monkey travel across the top of the fence. When he came to a girl that was sitting on the fence in his way, he just "bounced" off the top of her head to pass around her! It happened so fast, she didn't see it coming! It was funny!
I've been thinking about my next project, which is to paint a wall to look like stones. I came up with this idea because I couldn't decide what color I should paint this wall. Because it's visible from the large room, it would have to be a color that coordinates somewhat. I came up with the stone wall idea because I could still paint the bedroom whatever color I want... without it clashing with the living room. Anyway, we bought a few different shades of paint on Tuesday and I started painting on Wednesday. Three days later the wall is now covered with stones! I still have more detail work to do on the rocks, then I also want to make it look like there's some green stuff growing between some of them. But Carnival is starting here this weekend, so I think I'll take a few days off. Actually, I'm quite surprised at how nice it looks! But poor Scott "shudders" every time I have another wild idea about decorating! (Here's a photo after the second day of painting.)
We both have a busy day scheduled for tomorrow. Scott is helping to set the trail for the hash, so he'll be gone most of the day. And I'm taking a friend with me to Grenville to look at fabric. (That's about an hour drive each way.) On another note... we had a coffee "catastrophe" yesterday afternoon, and our glass carafe broke! I won't even get into THAT story!
On Thursday, August 13 the ship Logos Hope arrived here in Grenada for about a 10-day visit. We had never heard of this ship, but we read about it in the local newspaper and decided to check it out. This non-profit organization has been sailing the world since 1970, and can house about 600 volunteers from 70 countries. They promote education, aid relief, social awareness, and a personal relationship with God in the ports & countries where they travel. They offer books for sale at very affordable prices... many of them religious books and text books. They had quite a selection of cook books and 
children's books, as well as some games. They also had a pretty large variety of christian music available. It very much reminded me of a christian book store... only floating! There really aren't any big book stores here in Grenada. Although there are lots of places where you can "swap" books, it's hard to find a nice variety of books for sale all in one place. At one point during their stay, the ship had to move from the pier to find calmer seas. (Hurricane Bill did not affect us, but it made the seas a bit choppy along the shore lines.) They must have still had trouble when they tried to come back in the next morning because they ended up docked at the shipping dock in the Carenage... which is where our Windjammer ships used to dock. If you have some time, it's worth a visit to their website (click on their name above)... they even have a few webcams aboard the ship so you can see the view! And there's an 
interesting video tour of the ship on their site as well.
actually should have been called a "mud slide"! It rained quite a bit earlier in the day... and looked like it might rain on us during the hash. (I think many of us would have welcomed the rain, thinking maybe it would wash some of the mud off!) I slid off a boulder in the stream and ended up to my thighs in water... then managed to go through the rest of the trail with squishy, muddy boots. YUK! 
(It was fun though, seeing all the first-timer hashers at the end of this one!)
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