Chatham

Union Island

The Grenadine Islands are just a small hop away from each other. We went to Chatham Bay 1st because of bad weather. This bay is well protected. It’s really nice now that we caught up with our other boater friends that were all going south. We were behind them because of going back to the states for 10 days. Four other boats pulled into the bay that we knew. All with the same idea of a protected bay. Magic, Blue Water Cat, Daniels Story and Solder. The 1st night we all played cards on the beach with two local guys that lived in a tent on the beach. One had a wife that weaved baskets and sold them to cruisers. The guys fished and sold fresh fish. Not much more than a picnic table on this side of the island. Private and nice snorkeling.

The next morning we all got together to hike up to the main road and into the town of Austin. Carl stayed on the boat because he had the flu or something that made him really sick. It was along walk and on the way it started to rain. We all still keep on going. It felt good to be wet. The rain cooled off the day. Austin is a small town. The little stores were cheap, no trusts here.
Rose one of the other cruisers was a teacher. She stopped off at the local school. She met the music teacher that told her to bring all of us to the music room to hear the students practice the steel drum. We all came. It was out away from the rest of the building in the back of the school. The room looked like a large chicken coup. The steel drums were made out of large steel drum cans with the tops dent in and rounded. The students played for us. It was so much fun that it was one of the greatest high lights of this whole trip. The kids were so nice and unspoiled. We found a guy that drive us all back to the main road that lead us back down the hill to the bay. It was a small pickup with benches for seats in the bed of the truck. It also had a tarp to cover us from the sun. It was a windy ride, but us girls kept our eyes closed, we all agreed it was much better then walking back.

Dona from Blue Water Cat is a nurse, she took a good look at Carl for me. She said that he was okay and not dehydrated. That’s what worried me the most, I guess he just needs rest. Next stop Salt Whistle.