Day 37 Grenada

Today was a fun day. I haven't actually used those words much on this trip. Not that I didn't have fun; but it was always I had fun but I am exhausted or I had fun until I went through customs... Today was a day off in a beautiful place and I just goofed around and had fun.

We rented two cars - actually Suzuki Samurais - not exactly a car - and went goofing. The car was a stick shift so I volunteered to drive. The wheel is on the right and you drive on the left. I had never done that before. This first picture was me trying to beat it into my head that I had to stay left, left, left.

Driving around the island you could see something beautiful in every direction.

Stay on the left - stay on the left - stay on the left. It is harder then you think.

Our chase car full of tourists.

The port.

We had to drive through the city to get where we wanted to go. It was a maze of one way streets that went in no particular order anywhere, but somehow we made it through to the other side and the road we wanted.

The vegetation is so profoundly green that it must rain a lot - a lot!

We arrived at our first destination - a waterfall. I wanted to get it over with so I just jumped in off the trail.

Later some guy went up higher and jumped - so..... I couldn't allow that. I don't know how high it really was , but it was high 30 ish feet.

That's me hitting the water - I promise.

Me and Greg enjoying the wonderful water.

Art shot. The island is called the spice island. There are so many different spices that grow here. Some guy showed us a bunch of different spices most of which I didn't know.

Second stop - another water fall. That's me out there.

This doesn't look as green as it really was. Our third stop was at the top of the island. Being a volcanic island the top is formed by a big crater which of course fills with water.

Me Greg and Diana at the top. The altitude was about 2,000 feet and it was a little cooler up here and the clouds stick here so it rains and rains - hence the green.

It was difficult to drive on the right and the locals made it no easier - wow they drove fast and not so straight.

Trying to get back to the hotel we took a wrong turn and ended up going the wrong way on a one way street.

Bustling little city.

Very narrow with a lot of people walking where they shouldn't be.

From the hotel's beach - which was just as nice as any. When we got back from our goofing I took a swim for some exercise. It was the first real exercise this trip. It felt great.

From the hotel's beach - art shot.

We leave tomorrow at 9 and end up in the Dominican Republic. There is a chain of islands starting with Trinidad and going almost north all the way to Florida. They are all volcanic so it must be because of two plates coming together there. (That is all of the geology I know. ) When we leave we are not going to file a flight plan but just leave under visual rules and fly very low - 2,000 feet and we are going to see every island. There are a bunch of them too. We are stopping for lunch in Nevis - wherever that is, and then flying on to D.R. Check it out. Or wait till tomorrow's blog and see what they look like. If the weather is good we will see them up close and personal. For me that sounds like fun. Tomorrow morning Patric and his wife Brigitte are leaving and Sophie is going with them. Thierry will ride with me so there will be four of us until we reach Palm Beach. Chris is meeting us there so there will be four all the way to California.