Tuuli's first dinghy ride!This picture of Tuuli, our new little companion and first mate, just says it all....."Weeeee! This is what I've been waiting for!" We arrived back to Grenada on January 18 after a great day of travel. Tuuli was perfect on both of the flights to get here and then we had a warm and friendly welcome at the airport in Grenada. In spite of the more-than-tipsy agriculture agent, Tuuli was documented with ease and we were on our way with all our gear in the taxi to Cool Running Apartments where we stayed while getting Aldebaran ready to splash again.
Aldebaran did great during our absence, with just a light coating of mildew and some road and boat yard dirt on the deck. Everything else was great, and after cleaning and putting everything back together, we were back in the water again in 4 short days! It is so nice to be floating in calm Prickly Bay and getting reacquainted with friends from past seasons. (For those of you who are familiar with Prickly Bay, you read it right, it is CALM!! Go figure)
We will soon be heading north to St. Maarten when weather allows, but in the meantime we are doing little projects (Oh wait, Jon says the new Y valve he is putting in for the toilet right now isn't so little! Oops) It's not all about the projects, though. Last week we went to Dodgy Dock to learn how to make chicken curry and rotis while sipping rum punch...yummmmm...and we have been to our favorite sea glass beach a few times to search for some new treasures. The beach adventures are so fun with little Tuuli. She loves to lie down on the wet sand to cool off after playing, and every once in a while she catches a glimpse of a crab skittering across the sand into a hole. She still has no clue what it is!
Yesterday Tuuli had her first swimming adventure in the bay at Grand Anse. We put her tiny pink Hawaiian print life jacket on and walked out into the surf. It took her a minute to get her little feet going, but soon she was swimming back and forth between us and doing great! I wouldn't say she loves it yet, though! She was MUCH more excited to be back on the beach. We are amazed at how easily Tuuli has taken to life on the boat and in the tropics. Everything has been effortless for her (even using the astro turf potty mat) and she has taken an immediate liking to mangoes, bananas, and papayas. She makes so many friends on the island that even the other day the fruit and veggie guy, Anslem, gave her her very own mango. Way to go Tuuli!!!!
