Grand Case 3-18

Awoke in the night to a huge downpour of rain, and had to scramble to get all the hatches closed up. It takes longer than normal because we have all of the Breeze Boosters set up in the hatches to help funnel air down into the cabins. Its a heavy rain, but no strong winds or lighting. After about 45 minutes its done raining and we can start cracking open hatches to cool down again.

In the morning we try to catch the cruiser’s net, but we are on the north side of the island and most of the boats are anchored in the lagoon on the south side, and there is too much static to really listen.

After breakfast we head in to town to check things out. The kids have discovered a taste for baguettes, and everyone we see is carrying at least one, so we set out on a mission to find the bakery. Success! bakery found and baguette quickly devoured. We head down the street, but its very narrow and we have to keep stepping off to let the cars go by. On the way back we walk back on the beach – much nicer.

The kids want to swim, so we go out to boat to get their suits. They swim while Tracy and I enjoy a light lunch a beach bar called Zene It. We can sit on their balcony and watch the kids directly below.

I make the mistake of ordering a ‘Ti Punch’ which by description sounds like a Caparaina, but is really just rum with 2 limes dropped in. The tomato salad with prosciutto is delicious. After the kids are done swimming they come in for their lunch and order ……. yes, you guessed it, chicken nuggets. Its funny hearing the order repeated in french. There is no translation, and I think it kills a frenchman to utter those words. Both kids declare the nuggets the best meal they have ever had. We add an order of calamari to complete the lunch. Kids swim after lunch, and we discover that there is Wi-Fi, but we are not able to upload any blog entrees without it timing out. At least we were able to send a couple of emails to let people know we are ok. By this time we are all getting a bit too much sun, and we head back out to the boat to rest. By 8pm both kids are exhausted and are in bed. I need to make more water, unfortunately at the end of the cycle the breaker tripped and would not reset. Not sure what is wrong, but it may need service.