After
several months of enjoying the Alps, we are about the head south to Callisto,
on Grenada. We are flying via London,
and since our connection into London is at Heathrow, and our connection to Grenada
is out of Gatwick, we decided to spend a couple of nights in London and take in
a show.
We are
bringing lots of electronics with us. A
friend from long ago in Kalamazoo, Melinda Scott, spent many years cruising in
the Caribbean, and has since “swallowed the anchor” and is splitting time with
her husband Bill between Kalamazoo, Michigan and St. Croix. She very graciously volunteered to give us
her Pactor Modem. This is a pricey piece
of electronics that will allow us to access e-mail over our shortwave
radio. We are extremely grateful for
this generous gift. We also purchased an
alternative way to access WiFi from the boat, and this will hopefully improve
our connectivity. Finally, we invested
in a Global SIM card for our cellphone, so we will have a single number as we
travel through the islands.
The boatyard
appears to have made very good progress on our worklist. The canvas shop asked us to have the mast
stepped earlier than planned, so that they could get good measurements for the
sun awning we asked them to build.
Packing is
going to be a challenge. In addition to
all the electronics, Gretchen is planning to bring a large stash of yarn for
knitting and crocheting projects. We
will need to pack some warm clothes for London.
And I guess we should pack some clothing for the Caribbean.
It is less
than a week now before we leave, and the excitement is building. Our daughter, Esther, and her friend, James,
are visiting us for the holidays. This
makes the emptying of the refrigerator/freezer a bit more complicated.
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