2022-23 Cruising Season

Carriacou: Weekend Getaway Pictorial

Carriacou: Weekend Getaway Pictorial

We spent a long weekend in Carriacou which is an island within the northern part of the country of Grenada. We anchored off the beach of Sandy Island which is a picture perfect island of white sandy beaches and palm trees. We couldn’t wait to snorkel the reef at the northern end of the island. The water was super calm and transparent which afforded some delightful snorkeling over and among the reef. Feast your eyes.

boats anchored by Sandy Island

beach with ripple of clear water
Beautiful
palm trees lining the beach
Sandy Island is a gem

lara on white sand beach

The snorkeling in the clear warm water was exhilarating!

tiny blue iridescent fish
Gorgeous blue!

round brain coral

two fish sitting over coral
Buddies!
looks like blue clay mushrooms
Coral looked like clay
white molar looking coral
Interesting molar looking coral

purple tube coral trumpet fish

hidden rock fish
Can you see him?
white sea urchins
Don’t touch!
trumpet fish
Lots of trumpet fish

trumpet fish

White coral

crawling worm
He was slithering by…
yellow tube coral
Different yellow coral

spindly yellow coral

yellow striped fish
Lots of yellow fish too!

school of yellow fish

After the lengthy swim we were famished. We dinghied across the bay to Paradise Beach Club for some lunch and beverages. The food was yummy and hit the spot!

beach club on the water
Paradise Beach Club here we come!
structure with painted signs nailed to it
Super cute
Ben
He’s super cute too!

Paradise Beach Club has sign painting every Wednesday. So we made plans to return the next day to paint our Daggers Down sign for posterity.  Thank goodness Lara was with us because she did the painting while we supplied her with pina colados.

table set up for painting
They are ready for us

Lara and Kitra

Lara painting
Lookin’ good girl!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sign with Daggers Down and her logo
Wow! It came out fabulous!

Meanwhile John was back at Sandy Island finding Octopi dens which he shared with us before we left the next morning. This had been a lovely weekend, but it went by way to fast!

Lara snorkeling
Not an octopus, just Lara
Octopus hiding
Octopi Dens!

hiding octopus in rock crevice

Thanks for allowing us to share this lovely weekend with you.  That’s a wrap for the 2022-23 Sailing Season!

Now we must finish our boat chores so that we can set sail at the end of the month! Next post will begin the 2023-24 Sailing Season!

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