Hillsborough, Carriacou

As of today we are cleared into Grenada, our home for the next five months. We haven't actually reached the island of Grenada yet; it's still about 30 miles away. But Carriacou (CARRY-a-koo) is part of Grenadian territory. According to our guide books, the name Carriacou is a Carib word meaning "island surrounded by reefs", but I'm pretty sure they must just be making that up because we've already been to lots of islands surrounded by reefs so why aren't they all called Carriacou?

After clearing in with customs & immigration we looked around for the supermarket. We did our last major provisioning in Puerto Rico and we're pretty much out of everything. Our guidebook says that the grocery store here is pretty well-stocked, but we must have hit them on a bad day because there wasn't much out on the shelves. I was hoping to buy some eggs but wasn't able to. Oh the store had plenty of eggs, its just that they are displayed in big flat crates with no lid and I didn't bring a container to put them in! Silly me. One thing we have always been able to find -- no matter how remote or tiny the island -- is Pringles. We rarely see any other American name brand chips, but somehow there is always at least one variety of Pringles available. Although this store didn't have any unsalted butter, cream cheese, or even sandwich bread, they still had four flavors of Pringles: Original, Sour Cream & Onion, Cheddar, and the tastier-than-it-sounds Pizzalicious.

It's pretty quiet here in Hillsborough. When clearing in at Carriacou you are required to anchor here. Most yachts check in here and then immediately head to Tyrrel Bay a few miles south of here. But we're lazy and not in much of a hurry so we'll just stay here tonight and maybe head down that way tomorrow.

Where we are:
Location=Hillsborough, Carriacou
Lat=12 29.182
Lon=61 27.470