Sunday, January 16, 2011
Since the stores are closed on Sunday I remained aboard in order to do some work and didn’t leave the boat until late. First I did some splicing and then cleaned up stores aboard. Around noon I headed off to the French side in order to climb the hill I’ve been told is called the “Witch’s Teat” that is at a headland between the two sides of the lagoon. Rob and Lauren were busy doing maintenance on their boat so I went by myself. The terrain low down on the hill was scrub and wild grass with basketball-sized rocks hidden beneath the grass, making walking (particularly with my sandals) difficult. Once in the woods the undergrowth cleared out and the trip up the hill wasn’t too difficult until I got to the rocky portion. I might have made it to the top had I worn real shoes and long pants, but the only way I found to scale the last 5 vertical meters was peppered with thorns and vertical so I decided to try that on another trip.
After the climb I visited with Heinz-Dieter and did some more work aboard the boat until the Air France airbus was scheduled to takeoff so that I could get some pictures. After the photos I went and worked on the boat a bit until 7pm when Heinz-Dieter came over and we dinghied over to Jimbo’s restaurant for some Mexican dinner.
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