A Blog on Blogging

It seems a lot of cruisers blog.  Others say, “How the hell do you have time for a blog?”  Yes, keeping up a blog is time consuming, but it forces you to reflect on the journey and isn’t that what it is all about? 

I am finding that many blogs are being replaced by Facebook, and that is okay.  But, a well written blog article that has taken some time to put together is different from a Facebook posting.

www.cruisingwithmotivator.com

The goal of our blog is to record our adventures and not be boring.  Too many cruising blogs regurgitate all of the day’s activities ad nauseam.  Hopefully, we occasionally achieved our goal.

Here is a shout out to some of the other blogs we enjoy:

http://habibisails.blogspot.com/

A blog about the adventures of Rahel and Marco.  We may be a little jaded about this blog because we so enjoyed the time spent with them and miss their company.

http://www.zerotocruising.com/

Their Grenada Hash House Harrier names are “Tarzan” and “Jane.”  Rebecca is Tarzan and Mike is Jane.  Their blog is both informative and humorous.

http://www.windtraveler.net/

With this blog you get to follow the adventures of Isla, the poor little tethered baby (see the July 20^th posting for an explanation).  A very well written and humorous blog.

http://pipemuhbligh.blogspot.com/

We just recently met Rene and Stacy at Tobago Cays.  The name of their boat is a Dutch play on words that means “Blow Me Happy.”  They took some great pictures at Tobago Cays.

http://blog.soundingsonline.com/loose-cannon/

From Soundings magazine, I enjoy Peter Swanson’s well written and thoughtful articles.  See his latest about U.S. Coast Guard boardings.

http://sailingtroubadour.blogspot.com/

Troubadour recently went through a major refit, so after hurricane season you will probably see more traveling from her.  Be careful, you can get lost in Chris and Linda’s web site.

CARIBBEAN CRUISING ADVENTURES WITH BILL AND JOANNE HARRIS

http://jandbyachtultraadventure.blogspot.com/

WARNING: Do not try to keep up with this couple!  Bill and JoAnne are sorely missed on J Dock this year, but through their blog we can follow their adventures without breaking a sweat.

I am sure I missed some other great blogs and I apologize.  Please send me a link to your blog because I always like to steal good ideas. 

Underwater Sculpture Garden

Grenada is known for some great snorkeling and dive sites.

Vicissitudes

Just a couple of miles north of St. George’s in Moilinere Bay is an underwater sculpture garden with reportedly 65 pieces in an area of about 9000 sq feet.

A Mermaid

The sculpture garden is within an area designated as a National Marine Park.

The Lost Correspondent

 Most of the sculptures are in about 15 feet of water.

Faces

Moiliniere Bay suffered considerable storm damage in recent years and the placement of an artificial structure has provided a new base for marine life to proliferate.

Divers off of a commercial boat

The sculptures were also designed to create a diversion from other areas of coral reef currently endangered by over use from water activities.

Grace Reef

Over cocktails the night before, an impromptu snorkeling trip was put together with three other couples in 3 dinghies.

Bill free diving to a sculpture

Bill and JoAnne from Ultra became our unofficial guides because they had been to the site before.

Pollie w/flower in hair

We found it to be an easy but very intriguing snorkeling trip and cannot wait to go back.

JoAnne, always the gracious host, had snacks ready for when we came out of the water.

A special thanks to Izzy St. Clair on the Izzy R for the great photographs.