March 17th-Grenada

Grenada was sighted by Christopher Columbus on his third voyage in 1498. The island was established by the French but during the 18th-century the island was held alternately by France and England until 1783 when the “Treaty of Versailles” ceded Grenada to the British. Grenada is known as the Isle of Spice because it is the largest spice producing island in the Western Hemisphere. It is only 133 Square Miles.

This morning we woke up to the Captain’s voice announcing the arrival of Grenada. We both must have been tired last night because we were out cold! It was 7:00am……thanks for the wakeup call Captain! We watched them dock and watched another smaller ship come in. It was a cruiseline I’ve never heard of. Anyway, we got our workout clothes on and went to the gym. It was about 7:45am by then and we aren’t allowed to use the treadmills until 8:00am because there are rooms below them. So, Mike rode the bike and I did my Abs workout and my P90X legs workout. Then about 8:15am we got on the treadmills. Yeah…..Mike went to the gym again!!

We cleaned up, went to have breakfast and did our laundry. Yeah clean clothes again! The weather in the Caribbean right now is so muggy that your clothes just get soaked when you walk around outside.

Grenada is so small that we didn’t book an excursion so we just walked off the ship and explored. We found a Fort called, “Fort George”. It was used in the war and is now being used by the local police department. They have a workout room, shoe repair, and a uniform repair inside the Fort. We got some great pictures and had a local woman guide us around and tell us all about it. They actually executed the Prime Minister, Maurice Bishop, and his people against one of the walls on October 19, 1983. Seems weird to me that it wasn’t that long ago and this still happened.

We walked back to the ship and it was still early since there wasn’t much to see or do so we got our books and went up to the sun deck to check out the festivities. They had an ice carving demo and the guys were really good and fast. One guy carved out “Nemo” and the other one carved a dolphin. They had some “Adult Wet, Wild and Wacky” pool games…….they were hysterical to watch.

We are now sailing our way to Bonaire. Mike is napping again and I am writing my blog. I am also watching “Twilight”.....I could watch it over and over………I will write more after dinner.

We got ready for dinner and decided to dine alone for once. They gave us a pager and we waited about 10 minutes for a private table which was very nice. We shared a great bottle of Pinot Grigio….yummy!
We thought we’d go see the stage show in the Princess Theatre since we haven’t seen one yet but when we got there it was just ending…….oh well……I guess we don’t get to see it again! We had planned to enter the slot tournament tonight also but the line to play was so long that we wouldn’t have gotten to take a turn until almost midnight. Us old folks aren’t staying up that late.

So instead we found the desert bar………big mistake………BIG!
Let’s just say I am happy we won’t be docking until late tomorrow. I see extra time the gym in my future! I think after I write this I will read my book and call it a day. So, until tomorrow……
Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone!!