Ceiling And Visibility Unlimited

2-9 We moored at Twassante Bay (also sometimes referred to as Troisse Anse). The more popular one called Salt Whistle was packed with people. Our mooring had a line stuck in it that someone had cut off so it took us about 30 minutes to get it sorted out with the help of Hold Fast 2. It’s really beautiful here but super rolly and swirly. There’s not much wind so we’ve been spinning around with the current.
We went ashore to a beautiful restaurant and resort called Mayreau Beach Club. They said we could use their dinghy dock, pool and even showers! We went to shore and relaxed on the beautiful beach. The kids played on the boogie board and tried to catch waves. A highlight was seeing Kelsey get pummeled by several waves but popping up with a head full of sand and a huge smile on her face.
The kids swam in the amazing pool with ocean overlooks before, during, and after a torrential down pour of rain. The adults took shelter. We came back to the boat for dinner and then watched True Spirit. Made our currently “rolly” anchorage seem calm.
2-10 Twassante Bay was a rolly night. We woke all feeling like we were living in a washing machine. We thought about moving places, but the pools and such are so nice we decided to stay. After doing school and some cleaning we went to shore and hiked to the next bay over looking for food. The town was really nice. We walked up to the health center to get our friend’s ear checked out that was bothering him. We met a very intelligent man that ran the grocery store. He surprised us all with all kinds of history information and dates.
We got back to the boat and had lunch then the boys ran Kelsey to shore to stay with Nina while we did a scuba dive that Cale set up with a local company. We didn’t get exactly what we thought. We were in the park so we had to have a guide. They first spent about 20 minutes trying to drop off one of their instructors on a very fancy yaght. Then, they headed the wrong direction. When we asked they said we were going to horse shoe reef, which wasn’t what we expected. I think they went there so they could coordinate the dive with the fancy boat. We went to about 50 feet, but the visibility wasn’t great. We did see a big ray go by out in the deeper water that was really cool. We are all getting more confident. It has been a fun thing to do together.
We got back and but had a bit of a mix-up on what currency we owed in. We thought EC, they thought US. Cale ended up talking to them later and because of all the problems we did the dive for free. We got all our stuff rinsed and went to shore and met up with Nina and Kelsey and swam in the amazing pool. We had a really nice dinner with the Kelly’s before heading back to the boat and dealing with a mooring line getting stuck in the bridal, before going to bed. My wet suit had fell off the drying lines. We were excited the next morning to find it up on shore.

2-11
Twassante Bay to Canouan
We headed out towards our next destination around 10. It was our biggest waves so far. 7 foot and some big wind gusts. We got moored pretty easily. We were planning to go to shore when we got a visit from the boat Alma. We had talked with them at Frigate about Starlink. They had some bad news. They had been anchored the night before and were having a drink at the beach when someone said a boat was dragging. They quickly realized it was their boat. Come to find out their anchor swivel had broke off. They came to ask if we could dive down and look for their anchor. Cale and Iian jumped at the chance. After 45-50 minutes underwater they still hadn’t found it. It was only in about 15 feet of water, but it was super murky and so dark they couldn’t see anything but about a foot in front of them. We spoke with the mooring manager later and he told us they might have been looking in the wrong spot. So, they might try again tomorrow.
We went to shore to explore and possibly rent golf carts we had heard about. We got hassled by a local, who we came to found out is notorious for causing trouble. He called himself Baby Shawn. It’s a very nice town. People were quite friendly. We got some groceries and even some produce. We met another kid family from France. They are heading to the Tobago Cays now then heading North after so we might try and meet up with them then.
We arranged for the golf carts tomorrow before heading back home for dinner. Cale got the underwater lights working. They look great. Cade couldn’t resist and went for a quick swim.
2-12 Canouan
We spoke with Gazimo on our walk yesterday about renting golf carts to drive around the island. After texting with him this morning we thought we had everything lined up. When we didn’t hear from him for awhile we called to confirm and he was going fishing. He said he thought he could get some of his guys to do it. We called back and his guys couldn’t. Cale called around and we ended up using King’s Concierge. While we waited to pick them up we did a church meeting. We talked about ways to love and worship Jesus and what that really means and how we really worship it can change us and help us to become better. The kids had been at each other and it was cool to see how it reset everyone. We got our carts at 10:30 and went for 3 hours then switched with Hold Fast 2 and Rapau. It was a really fun way to see the island. We started by going to the Sandy Island Marina. It was out of a movie. It’s so fancy and nice but almost completely empty. It was cool, but also weird. As we were driving to the other part of the island, Cale’s got a flat. We pulled off and called the owner. He said he’d send someone. As we were waiting, a man came up and said we were on his property. He was very nice and was happy to have us stay. A few minutes later, a guy hopes out of a car playing super loud music. He doesn’t say anything, just starts loosening the nuts. Then he just hops in his car and leaves. There we were sitting at a crossroads of old houses, a market, a metal building that had a roof about to fall out and electrical wires hanging all over. About 10 minutes later, he showed up, changed the tire, and left. We spoke to the man who lived in the home on the corner. He had 2 children, both now live in the States. He said he used to free dive for conch. 10 years ago, a man was mad at him and hit him in the head with a conch shell. He showed us under his hat he had a big divet out of his forehead. He was in the hospital for 6 weeks and didn’t really get compensation after that but couldn’t dive anymore.
We saw and moved several tortoises off the trail, a tiny, medium and big one. The north side of the island is private but we went up and down all the other parts. The views from the other side of the island were amazing. The steep hills were scary going up and down. Our brakes were squeaking down all the hills and the motor was chugging to get us up the hills.
We gave the carts to our friends and came back to the boat for lunch. The boys and Kelsey worked on breath holding for free diving. We had dinner and then did some shuffling to return the carts. The boys came over to watch the Superbowl. They had never watched American football before so it was fun to explain it to them.