Grenadines - There are 32 island and cays in the Grenadines including the big island of St. Vincent.  We stopped into 4 different harbors on St Vincent, which I covered in my last post.  We stopped at
three islands in the Grenadines, so barely made a dent in exploring these special islands.

Bequia. Admiralty Bay  - We arrived at this largest island in the Grenadines after a great motor sail with a double reefed main a 3:00.  Dropped anchor but after Will dove down on it, we were never going to get the anchor to stick in soft sand over marl.  So we moved to the southern side of the anchorage near Princess Margaret Beach, and the anchor dug in well.  We were excited to go to town because we had read there was a Salty Dog restaurant!  Memories of Hilton Head.  We were also excited there were no boat boys.

Town was hopping with music, children jumping in the water off the docks, freighers, ferries,and dinghies   buzzing all around.  We promptly found that the Salty Dog had long ago closed up, but after walking along the concrete sidewalk on the water front, we found a local restaurant called the Whaleboner.  The seats were made out of actual whale cartilage.  We met other cruisers and watched locals celebrating and dancing to the reggae music.

Mayreau,  Saline Bay - Sadly left Bequia early hoping for a favorable current and not sure where we will stop next.  Another motor sail day and arrived at Canouan.  It was a resort area and just didn't feel like a place we wanted to stay for the night.  It was only 11;30 am, so we continued on to Mayreau.  There were too lovely places to choose from...Salt Bay and Saline.  We passed the picture postcard bay of Salt, but decided to take the southern most anchorage...Saline.  It was postcard perfect also.   As the dingy motor was up on the stern of the boat and Bentley still couldn't go to shore, we opted not to go to shore.  We just spent the day and night looking at the beautiful scenery around us.

                     

Union Island  -Only three miles to go today and another great day of wind and waves.  Entered this reef enclosed harbor and we were greeted by Tony our boat  boy.  Took a mooring ball and explored  the town. We found lots of vegetable stands,  an American cafe. and the coconut man.  He gave us fresh coconut water and a lesson on which coconuts were good for eating and drinking the good water.  Unfortunately, my camera battery  died so just one picture of our view for the day.

Next stop Grenada....the island of Carriacou.  We are almost there.   Just a couple of pictures of  us traveling....Squalls behind us with rainbows in front.