Fort George

On Monday January 31, 2011 I took a field trip with the preschool where I teach to Fort George.  The fort sits high above the city of St. George's and was originally used as a military lookout point, but is now the police barracks.

The "train" that took us up to the fort

Cannon

The train coming to take us back down!

Around the Island #2

I have been so busy that I have completely neglected my blog! One of the reasons is that I got a job teaching for the preschool which is operated through St. Geroge's University!

Before we went home to Maryland for holiday my best friends, Sherry and Sheridan, and I took our husbands and our dogs on an excursion around the entire island, counter-clockwise...

Galby Bay

The view of Galby Bay from the top of the cliff

CW and Huck taking a beer break up on the cliff

Galby is one of the most beautiful beaches in Grenada...check out the hole in the cliff!

Huck loves car rides!

Following the boys through Grenville...we made them ride in a seperate car so we could be chatty :)

Pearls Airport...obviously no longer in use

Me, Sheridan, Sherry and Jomo!

Bathway beach in Levera

The rock bed breaks the waves and makes a nice pool of calm water by the shore

The boys car

Sauteurs from the east (this is the northern-most tip of the island)

One of the beaches on the west side of Sauteurs

Huck enjoying the beach (but not the water)

Carriacou in the distance

Playing on the beach

Drinking a few beers

Matean, just hangin' around

Walking Huck down the beach so he can explore

Swinging a bit before heading home!

We drove back down the West Coast of the island, but didn't make any stops, as we have visited many of those bays during various booze cruise and snorkel trips.

BATS!

I took a few really cool shots of some bats outside our front door last weekend.  They swoop down catching bugs and then like to hang out on the banana tree in our front yard.

A Grenadian-American Thanksgiving

Although Grenada celebrates its Thanksgiving in October, we decided to celebrate American Thanksgiving on the traditional fourth Thursday in November with a turkey and all the usual trimmings.

There were no pilgrims or indians, but we had three students (2 med, 1 vet) and their amazing wives...

Pumpkin pies ready to bake...

A little island mimosa action for the hard-cooking ladies

An example of the frustration that comes with cooking on this island...

the oven was set for 25 degrees less than necessary

and pies were in for 10 minutes less than they should have been 

Sheridan's Chocolate Oat Bars...mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

The turkey is stuffed and getting injected with all kinds of goodness!

Into the oven it goes! 

Turkey bag = no basting and extra moist turkey!

Cooked to perfection!

The dinner table set for six

The spread of amazing food!

Clockwise from top: stuffing, "crack bread", mashed potatoes, pineapple-peach-cranberry sauce,

green bean cassarole and of course turkey! 

(not pictured: gravy, pumpkin pie and chocolate oat bars)

Hard cookin ladies! (Sheridan, Sherry and me)

Hungry, hungry students! (CW, Matean and Monty)

2nd Thanksgiving as husband and wife!

1st Thanksgiving on our own!