Log Entry: March 15
        
        Carnival is over -  A Reflection:
        
         Well...Carnival is over and it took us two days of sleep and rest to recover. 
        J'Ouvert was fun and very interesting with everyone with paint on their faces and
        bodies and then later with mud all over.  We walked or "chipped", slow walking
        in time to a calypso beat at close to 100 decibels, for about 3.5 hours.  We all
        thought we looked much better before the sun rose!!!  One of the YACHTIES had
        breakfast waiting for us when we got back...which was great!!  Pretty Mas or
        Carnival Tuesday was much longer and hotter.  After standing and waiting in our
        costumes to get on the stage to be judged for about 2.5 hours and before that
        walking for about 4 hours, we were overdone!!!  (We taped it from the TV and
        actually saw ourselves!!! ) The Trini newspapers have listed the winners of
        Carnival and we were part of the winning "band" Legends.  It is nice to be part of
        a winning team!
         When Rudy went to get our developed photos at a local photo store, he noticed
        a display of carnival pictures that included a picture of ME on stage with our group
        that a local photographer had taken.  He bought it for me.(he probably would have
        bought all of them if he had enough money!!)
         Rudy found a water and diesel leak in our new rebuilt engine.  He fixed them
        both so we could use our sailboat for sailing again and not as a RV.  We also
        provisioned the boat again since Trinidad is so much cheaper than the islands to the
        north of us. We also stopped to say goodbye to Dragon and give him some pictures
        of his Moko Jumbies.  He wanted to make and give me my own stilts!!!    I
        explained that our boat wasn't big enough to store them.
         We have been going from one Carnival Event to another for the past 6 weeks
        and now it is time to move on.  So the next day (3/5) we went to Chacachacare
        Island and visited the hospital, church and other buildings that were used as a Leper
        Colony.  Records and medicine were still all over the floors and shelves.  It was
        quite remarkable!!!
         We left the island at 3:30 am and arrived in Tobago at 5 PM (3/6). We traveled
        in the lee of Trinidad most of the way.  The wind was 5-15 knots on our nose with
        seas about 2-4 ft. The final 2+hrs of the trip was a reach to Tobago with wind and
        seas a little higher....A nice trip! We anchored in a harbor called Store Bay and
        relaxed and enjoyed the beautiful scenery and breeze.  Because of the Northern
        Swell, we traveled to two other anchorages to try to be protected.  It didn't work. 
        Anse Barlet was on the East coast and a beautiful setting.  We had dinner there and
        as we ate we could watch our boat dip and sway.  I started to get sea sick on land.
        (I don't when I am on the boat!!) From there we went to Man of War Bay in
        Charlottesville.  Again it was very rolly AND there was a fishing tournament so the
        anchorage was very crowded.  We went on shore for lunch and to call Stacy and
        Jaclyn.  I had to thank Stacy for going to my parents' house to help them with an
        e-mail problem.  She was able to fix the problem and now I am able again to
        communicate with my parents!!!  Thank you Stacy!!!
         We returned to Store Bay (3/10-3/11) and rented a car for two days.  We drove
        around the island and visited the anchorages from land. (much less rolly)  We ate
        lunch at a place called Footprints, an eco-resort and then at a brand new Hilton
        Resort, that looked like a world in itself, for dinner.   There was a local choral
        group that did a fantastic job of entertaining the tourists.
         On Monday (3/12) we were ready to leave Tobago and go to Union Island
        about 90 miles away.  After going to customs and immigration, (what fun!!) we
        made the boat ready for travel.  We left at 6:30 PM and arrived at Union Island at
        7:30 am on 3/13. The trip from Tobago was a good passage. We left in 10-15 kts
        of wind on a beam reach. The wind increased to about 20 kts by dark and stayed
        there for the balance of the trip. We had the sails reefed to minimize surprises. The
        seas became a bit confused shortly after dark, but no major problems. They were
        in the 6-10 ft range most of the night. It is really amazing how dark it is on the
        open sea with nothing around! About midnight the moon rose and gave us a good
        deal of light. This naturally made the millions of stars disappear, but it was also
        really neat to look back and see a path of light on the water that led directly to the
        moon. We did encounter a couple of other boats during the night with no problems.
        It was a quick trip with speeds of 6-8kts.
         After going to customs and immigration (what fun!), we traveled a couple miles
        away to the Tobago Cays and met about four other boats that were in Trinidad with
        us!!  The next day we went snorkeling in Tobago Cays which is one of the most
        beautiful places I have visited so far!!! We are sitting in the middle of several
        uninhabited islands surrounded by a coral reef. This area is in the Grenadines
        between St. Vincent and Grenada. There are also several larger islands around like
        Bequia, Union, Palm, Mayreau, etc. It really is very nice. The weather here is 72
        to 86 almost everyday with 15 kts +- out of the East. Is there anything better? By
        the way, no electricity, no water, no docks, no marinas or places to buy parts or
        food, etc. Just  clear Caribbean water. It's Faith, me and Boundless. Life is good!
         From here we will continue our march north towards Antigua to start our
                journey across the Atlantic.