I had just gotten back from two weeks in Ireland. It was late October and Halloween was just around the corner. I had barely been home a full week when I got the call from Scott Hayward up in Portland, the forecast was shaping up again. It might be worth it to do a strike mission up north, destination: Nova Scotia. We had been planning our first Canadian adventure back in the spring, but real life had gotten in the way and we had to delay our plans as summer rolled around. Now that we were back into hurricane / winter storm season, it was shaping up nicely and on a Friday afternoon we decided to pull the trigger. Canada, here we...
This fall was a whirlwind of back to back travel! After wrapping up in Sheboygan, it wasn't too long before I was on a plane again. This time I was crossing the Atlantic for my second trip ever to Europe -- my first being to Barcelona back in college. With Norwegian Air service from TF Green here in Rhode Island direct to numerous locations for budget prices, it was about time I took another trip across the pond. The travel group would consist of myself, Rhode Island board shaper and surfer Kevin Tanner of Soundings Surf Co, fellow photographer Cody DeGroff of Cape Cod, and my little sister who was itching to return after a semester in Galway several years ago.
Day 7 – Les Des SaintesIt was an early start for once, leaving the anchor in Bouillante by 7:30am. It was a calm night, with just one squall rolling down the mountains at 4am, then the usual winds whistling through the hills and rigging, swinging us around as the sun came up.We had a decision to make about where to spend one of our last nights in Guadeloupe. We could try to make it a little more...
Day 5 – Basse Terre & Chutes du Carbet Waterfall"Basse Terre" is a comical misnomer for Gaudeloupe's main island. It translates to "low land" but it refers to the tallest half of Guadeloupe where you can find rainforest, mountains, and an active volcano. We had another land-based adventure day, taking a taxi van into the rainforest for a short walk to the Chutes du Carbetwaterfalls. We didn't...
Day 3 – Adventure Ashore, Les des SaintesWe awoke in a breezy anchorage, nestled between the islands Terre-de-Haut and Îlet à Cabrit in the Les des Saintes island grouping in southwest Guadeloupe. The breeze was already picking up, but it was beautiful and sunny, soon reaching temperatures near 80° by noontime. As boats left harbor, we snagged a mooring in the Bourg des Saintes anchorage closer to...
