Tuesday, July 28. 2009
The first day of our last charter of the season!
The channel is pretty rough out there today...What is with this 20 knot winds for days at this time of year? I was in the grocery stores this morning and the shelves are looking pretty bare, only to look even barer as it gets closer to the three day holiday next week. Managed to get some of my favorite Ciabatta bread at the bakery this morning, I make it myself on the boat, but it not as good as the bakeries! I need to steal their recipe...
We have a group from Miami and Costa Rica this week, they all came out smiling....
And proceeded to tell me about their last trip here where one hurt themself the first day, and had to go to hospital and how the boat they had was literally a box of junk. She told me that she was bad Karma, and since they just had some drama's coming across by ferry from St thomas I was inclined to believe them! There was a rather large diesel slick pouring into Inner Harbour today, it was large enough that we called Conservation and Fisheries...Not that there is probably many fish left in there to kill off!
The guests were all hungry by this time, so food was presented and I think this is the first time that i have ever seen people eat at the upstairs and downstairs table!
Nothing special for lunch, but it was very good our cold cut tray!
Then it was time for a bracing sail over to Peter Island, and when we pulled up at Little Harbour there were every scuba summer camp boat around in there, so we passed right on by to Great Harbour. It was 4 PM by this time and we figured we had time for a snorkel and some banana boating before dinner...
Sophia was eager to get in the water....
We should have stopped there, but the banana boat came out and they looked all happy going for a ride...
Until Briana dislocated her shoulder from a bad fall! She was extremely brave though, and although white as a ghost and then fainting from the shock of it, she did not cry a peep! Very impressive!!
Unfortunately that meant two hours after leaving Road Harbour we had to turn around and go right back to Road Harbour. They tried the clinic, and although it was open, there was no doctors (????!!!???) so they sent her up to the hospital, where, there was one doctor on duty and quite a full waiting room. They were only gone about 2 and a half hours though, and the cost including X ray was $30.00!
She is not supposed to move it all week...Good luck with that one!
We managed to make our way back out to the mooring anyways so we could at least fish, and had quite a late dinner!
I think everyone will sleep very well tonight!
We have a group from Miami and Costa Rica this week, they all came out smiling....
And proceeded to tell me about their last trip here where one hurt themself the first day, and had to go to hospital and how the boat they had was literally a box of junk. She told me that she was bad Karma, and since they just had some drama's coming across by ferry from St thomas I was inclined to believe them! There was a rather large diesel slick pouring into Inner Harbour today, it was large enough that we called Conservation and Fisheries...Not that there is probably many fish left in there to kill off!
The guests were all hungry by this time, so food was presented and I think this is the first time that i have ever seen people eat at the upstairs and downstairs table!
Nothing special for lunch, but it was very good our cold cut tray!
Then it was time for a bracing sail over to Peter Island, and when we pulled up at Little Harbour there were every scuba summer camp boat around in there, so we passed right on by to Great Harbour. It was 4 PM by this time and we figured we had time for a snorkel and some banana boating before dinner...
Sophia was eager to get in the water....
We should have stopped there, but the banana boat came out and they looked all happy going for a ride...
Until Briana dislocated her shoulder from a bad fall! She was extremely brave though, and although white as a ghost and then fainting from the shock of it, she did not cry a peep! Very impressive!!
Unfortunately that meant two hours after leaving Road Harbour we had to turn around and go right back to Road Harbour. They tried the clinic, and although it was open, there was no doctors (????!!!???) so they sent her up to the hospital, where, there was one doctor on duty and quite a full waiting room. They were only gone about 2 and a half hours though, and the cost including X ray was $30.00!
She is not supposed to move it all week...Good luck with that one!
We managed to make our way back out to the mooring anyways so we could at least fish, and had quite a late dinner!
I think everyone will sleep very well tonight!
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