Of course that just gave Lenny an excuse to reward himself with a layover in St Lucia, which happens to have the best pizza and ice cream in the Caribbean. From there it has been plain sailing. The weather cleared and they island hopped down through the southern Caribbean islands until they made Grenada yesterday.
His trip south has reminded me how unique the Caribbean is for live-aboard cruisers. Day sailing from one island to the next can often only take a couple of hours, but a change of island usually means a change of country and a change of currency. We were constantly forgetting to switch currencies when going ashore and having to go back for EC dollars, or Euro or US dollars. We also have to check-in and check-out like you would at any airport, paying fees and being processed through customs. It is simply amazing to us that we had no idea the Caribbean wasn't integrated as the European Union and that each island is actually a completely different country.
So life is good. As always. Except for the fact that we are apart yet again. We seem to spend half our lives away from each other but that is the norm with our nomadic life. Absence really doesn't do it for us, we'd much rather be together so we have to work on our timing. But everything else is brilliant!