Adventure I - Until we Meet Again! 

Yes we made it! After visiting 9 countries and sailing 600 nautical miles, we are now back in Marco Island Florida for a few weeks before our road trip back to Canada.  Our flight back from Grenada, through Trinidad to Miami on Caribbean Airlines, was some of the smoothest sailing we have had.

Roger dropped Pirate with the Caribbean Airlines airline staff in Grenada at 5 a.m. on Monday.  The ramp guys loading luggage (including Pirate) thought Pirate was pretty cool. When she fist pumped Roger after he said "Rasta",  one of the guys said, "She's got the vibe mon".  

We walked across the runway to the steps up to the plane. Pirate was just being boarded in her crate onto the plane when Roger and I walked by to board ourselves.  We could see Pirate looking over at us.  At least she knew we were heading on the same plane.  Pirate also had her Apple AirTag on her collar, so we were able to track her precise location with our phones on the ground in Trinidad.   We could see when she was arriving on the luggage truck near the plane, and then as you can see in the picture below, we got to see her crate heading up the luggage ramp into the aircraft, so we knew she was safely on board.  At that point, a huge wave of relief came over me, as I finally knew she would make it home safely. 


Once we got to Miami, we cleared customs and Pirate arrived on a wheeled trolley over at the baggage carousel.  And like the rest of our journey, she took it all in stride.  


We had just exited the terminal, and Wheat and Joy arrived to pick us up at the Miami airport.  Pirate was especially happy to see them, as they are some of Pirate's best friends.  


Wheat and Joy had driven our car over because the dog crate is so large and we needed room for the crate, luggage, Pirate and 4 people.  As Roger was driving away from the terminal, I said, "You do realize this is the first time that Roger has driven a car in 5 months". For a few moments the passengers all went silent.  It was also 5 months since his last hair cut, 5 months since his last Starbucks drive-through and 5 months since he watched television. For Pirate, it was 4 months since she had seen a fire hydrant. I am particularly excited to go grocery shopping.  It is a big change for all of us to be back to a more normal life. We are now living by the water instead of 'on the water'.   Life is good mon! 

Our next adventure is in three weeks....We are headed to Italy to sail from Sardinia to the Amalfi coast with our friends Neil and Carol on their new boat. Pirate will not be sailing the Mediterranean, but instead will stay with her tall, dark and handsome friend Cole, with the occasional trip to the cottage with Uncle Gord. 😀

Stay tuned for our future sailing endeavours, as I am sure there will be a few twists and turns and likely a whole lot of pizza. 


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