Sailing Positive Waves

Our favorite sundowner location, the small beach in Prickly Bay harbor. There's a great restaurant with rum punches and rotis (classic West Indian fare), and the water is shallow and calm; the perfect place to cool off at the end of the day. We’ve been in Grenada for a little over two weeks, most of which Hans has been in Texas, working. Days have been busy but we’ve also developed some routines as we settle into life in one place for a little bit. 

I found where and when to get fresh produce, eggs, and bread (Tuesday mornings at 10:30 at the Budget Marine dinghy dock), which bus (the #1) goes toward St. George’s via the mall (grocery store) and big beach (Grand Anse), how much that bus costs for me and the kids ($5 EC, about $2.50USD), which days the marina offers half price pizza (Saturday and Monday), and where to take the trash. Our weekly needs are pretty standard (fresh food and fun), but the locations and services are different wherever we visit. Once we are somewhere for m

Burgers at sea--definitely a favorite  Provisioning for at least 21 days at sea was a beast. I tried to approach it with a very relaxed attitude: “just plan a menu for 3 weeks. No big deal.” That strategy maybe would work if I were only planning dinners and if I didn’t have to think about making bread and cookies and how many bags of chips and treats we might need. There is no running to the store in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. I repeat, there is no running to the store in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. What we left with was what we had. That meant I had to buy enough butter, eggs, flour, crackers, cereal, etc. for three weeks. I tried not to go crazy with portion size and excel spreadsheets, but I did need to think a little about how many loaves of bread we’d make, how many times Freja would make us chocolate chip cookies, and how many mornings we’d want eggs for breakfast and then a hard boiled egg for lunch. So despite my best intentions, it got a little complicated. I made