tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post8269117767962386267..comments2024-03-28T02:33:38.648-05:00Comments on Windtraveler: Grocery Shopping, Cruiser StyleWindtravelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933432135694020418noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-65672500929474726412013-07-28T09:49:38.368-05:002013-07-28T09:49:38.368-05:00Wow, sounds like an adventure! My husband and I j...Wow, sounds like an adventure! My husband and I just recently became live aboards on a Lagoon Cat and have found that even the simplest tasks take so much more effort on a boat. Take your morning coffee for example. Back on land, I would have just popped in a k-cup in the old Keurig (starbucks, of course!) and, presto! An good cup of coffee in an instant! Now I have to turn on the propane, turn on the breaker for the stove, heat up a pot of boiling water, then let the french press do it's thing for a few minutes. By the time I actually get around to drinking the coffee, it's 10 minutes later. However, I do get to enjoy it while watching the sun rise over the Chesapeake Bay. That alone makes it all worth it :)<br /><br />LOVE your blog! Keep on keepin' it real!Suburbs to Sailinghttp://www.suburbstosailing.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-79212872166525521062013-07-27T09:20:37.266-05:002013-07-27T09:20:37.266-05:00If you stay on that #1 past the IGA it will take y...If you stay on that #1 past the IGA it will take you eventually to CK's Valueland on the right, before the next rotary. It's a bulk sort of place - you can't get fresh stuff there. But it's a good place for staples, canned, dried, drinks, and some refrigerated and frozen things.<br /><br />The best part - FREE delivery if your order is large enough. I'd call them to make doubly sure they deliver to St. George though, we're in Prickly Bay and they don't bat an eye. If you have smaller quantities of refrigerated/frozen stuff than that is all you need to schlep back to the boat.<br /><br />It IS on island time though, yesterday the delivery was supposed to be between 3:00 & 5:00; at 5:25 we called them and they told us "we're working on it now."<br /><br />I don't know if any run from St. George, but from the South anchorages there are Shopping Buses several times/week. $10 EC, and they stop and wait while cruisers shop and have the back cargo area around for holding stuff.B.J. Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16809828962053494768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-87887340548189844122013-07-25T11:02:44.308-05:002013-07-25T11:02:44.308-05:00Hey thanks for responding and feel free to delete ...Hey thanks for responding and feel free to delete my comment as well now that you edited the post. I am not overweight myself and I didn't take a personal offense to the sentence, it just struck me as insensitive. Sometimes written words have a way as coming across a different way than we may have meant if we were speaking them. Blogging is a catch 22 of sorts in that you are sharing your personal experiences and journey with any one who happens to come across your blog and finds you interesting enough to read. It takes a lot of courage to share your life with people you have never met. I don't agree with people criticizing others choices and lifestyle, if they don't like your lifestyle they should not read your blog. I guess I just want to clarify that I respect your lifestyle, and my comment was meant purely as an observation. Thank you for your kind response and thank you for writing your blog. I do not have a blog (used to but since having kids I just can't fknd the time!) or facebook or twitter, I really don't do much online, but I read a handful of sailing blogs because I am interested in sailing and I love learning about sailing and cruising. I am a mom to two young children and I love reading about Isla and your cruising adventures. Your days with your sister look and sound so wonderful. Don't feel too bad about the whole anniversary thing, life is crazy busy with little ones and changing schedules and it is easy to see how you missed that. Anniversaries are not as important as we make them out to be, you are a great wife 365 days a year and that is what matters. Kimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-42558750256394244492013-07-25T09:04:54.570-05:002013-07-25T09:04:54.570-05:00Kim, you are right - that was (unintentionally) in...Kim, you are right - that was (unintentionally) insensitive. It was just an observation and made the ride just a little more uncomfortable. I have edited that. Thanks for the gentle nudge and reminder :)Windtravelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11933432135694020418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-86799190181510561882013-07-24T23:54:19.956-05:002013-07-24T23:54:19.956-05:00What is the point of pointing out that half of the... What is the point of pointing out that half of them were overweight? Are overweight people stinkier than thin people. That is insensitive. I realize this is your blog and you have the freedom to write whatever you like, and for the most part I enjoy reading about your lifestyle, but I feel that you are judging others the same way that others have judged you. I don 't care that you have a different lifestyle than what I would choose for myself, that is what makes you interesting to me. But I don't think it was a nice comment to write on your blog and judging overweight people is no different than the lady who judged you for how you are choosing to raise Isla. Please don 't take this as an attack, just an observation. (Personally I think life experiences do more in growing and teaching children than just about any thing and you are giving her some pretty amazing experiences). On another note grocery shopping without a car would certainly be hard for me since I live in a rural farm town without a grocery store! I think if I ever get to experience living on a boat I will try the cart method.Kimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-32064975652097556322013-07-24T17:36:48.230-05:002013-07-24T17:36:48.230-05:00If you are in Soufrie, St. Lucia give Jones Abraha...If you are in Soufrie, St. Lucia give Jones Abraham a call for your local transportation. He is a beautiful blue-black guy who only plays country western music in his van.LOL horizonstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17369419258486734900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-53211065885293664612013-07-23T11:42:21.245-05:002013-07-23T11:42:21.245-05:00Definitely sounds like a lot of work!Definitely sounds like a lot of work!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01699594650305506763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-34166830110770005042013-07-23T10:40:28.394-05:002013-07-23T10:40:28.394-05:00Best soundtrack I ever experienced on one of these...Best soundtrack I ever experienced on one of these bus rides was on a bus named "Patience" on Nevis. It was a Perry Como Christmas Album... in June. Very surreal.Jim Bondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00097429516828968618noreply@blogger.com