07/3-9/2006
Chaguaramas, Trinidad
10.40.822N
61.37.899W

Happy Birthday Robbie!!

This week we walked around getting the lay of the land and visited with our new neighbors. Our marina has a laundromat and a small supermarket is just a short dinghy ride across the channel. We checked the dry storage nearby to make sure that DocNoMore, Foreclosure and Exit Strategy were looking well cared for and that the air conditioning units were dripping indicating that mildew was being held at bay.

We discovered that Trinidad is now in its rainy season which lasts approximately 6 months and we arrived just in time for this year‘s season! It rains just about every day and we’ve been promised that this is just the beginning. So when it rains. . . we play Mexican Dominos with Wayne & Carol who are across the channel in Crews Inn.

On Tuesday, we joined Wayne & Carol on Take Time when they invited a few of us over for a barbeque of hamburgers and hotdogs with homemade buns. They were disappointed on Friday when the turtle tour they went on failed to be the night when the leatherneck turtles laid their eggs on the beach.

We’ve signed up for the turtle tour for next week. It’s a 3 hour drive to the northeast side of the island where the turtles lay their eggs, so we’ve chosen the tour with the larger, more comfortable bus.

One bit of drama this week, Dale and I dined at one of the local restaurants where I ordered the chicken Lorraine. Unfortunately, the spinach came with more protein than I wanted in the form of a beetle. Thank heavens it was a whole bug and not just part.