February 19, 2006 -- New Friends

We have been missing the cruiser friends we got to know in Venezuela and Grenada, but we have made a few new friends on the way north. Unfortunately, though, they are all traveling south! Linda and Peter on Kinda stopped by to introduce themselves when we were in Deshaies. Peter retired as Chief of Police for New Westminster a few years ago. We enjoyed a couple of good visits, a delicious dinner, and evening of cards with them. They are cruising south and are moving their landbase back to Hamilton,Ontario in the summer. Maybe we'll see them when we get to Ontario.

In Dominica, we met a delightful family, Ron, Donna, and cute teenage daughters Alex and Janessa, from Hornby Island. Ron is a BC Ferries captain, taking a six-month leave. They bought a catamaran in St. Vincent, sailed as far south as Tobago, and are now heading north to Miami where they will sell the boat and return home. If you want to read a neat description of their trip, visit their blogspot, www.tuele.blogspot.com. They were also in the Deshaies anchorage while we were there.