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Yesterday we said goodbye to the main island of Grenada, but first we had to wait for the cruise ship to come in. We have't quite left the country of Grenada yet. Our first stop on our journey north is Carriacou. We debated skipping it since we'
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Our time in Grenada is coming to an end. We've loved it here, but it is time to move on as soon as the weather cooperates and we get a few more things done. Yesterday we pulled up anchor and moved a little farther north, closer to town
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I don't consider myself a very superstitious person. I don't worry about breaking mirrors or black cats or walking under ladders. But there are some things we just don't do because they are bad luck. A lot of people have asked about our boat
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This morning we lifted the dinghy, secured items on the deck and got things put away in preparation for finally leaving the dock! Braden and Emma took a morning drive to scope out the anchorage to see how crowded it was. We fired up the engines only to discover unexpected
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Before we left the boat in June there was a lot of work to get it ready to sit for months in the sweltering summer heat - vacuum sealing clothes, storing cushions, taking down sails, getting rid of food and the list goes on and on. Now that we'
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Our boat doesn't go back into the water until Sunday. In the meantime we've been checking off some boat projects, visiting some of our favorite places and doing lots of swimming.
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After months away we are finally back in Grenada! These last couple months have been full of lots of highs and lows. We had fun catching up with our friends, the girls learned some tough lessons about relationships and we visited a lot of really amazing places. After two very
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The girls have been learning about vertebrates vs. invertebrates as part of their science lessons, so it made sense to take a field trip to the local reptile zoo (plus we needed more mice for Pancake and this is where we buy them). Olivia always heads straight to this puzzle.
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Emma is the only one in our family who like sushi, so I wasn't sure how it was going to go when she found a new sushi restaurant and wanted us all to go for lunch. It is one of the places that the sushi comes by on