We had a blast yesterday exploring the Indian River. Our guide, Alexis, picked us (Dancing Dolphin and Persephone) up on our boats in his wooden pram and took us to the river. The Indian River Authority does not permit outboard engines of any kind. So, out come the oars, and Alexis rowed the two crews, his nephew, and himself the 1.5 miles up the river, all the while giving a commentary on the river, birds, fauna, flora etc. It was educational, entertaining and just plain fun. Pictures will follow when we have an internet connection. The rain forest was very dense and the trees formed a canopy over the river...sort of like the "African Queen" movie. At the top of the river in a clearing was a little tiki bar; featuring their trade mark drink "Dynamite"...yep, it sure was !! Gotta love it, a tiki bar in the middle of nowhere, when you need it most....nice touch !!
Back on the boats we had "heavy apps" for dinner and called it an early night.
This morning we awoke to news of a possible "tropical event" brewing in the Atlantic east of us with a 50% possibility of forming the season's first named storm. So, we are hi-tailing it down the coast of Dominica. This is NO place to be if a storm approaches. We have been consulting our guides for possible hurricane holes if god forbid we need one. We will be leaving here at 5am and heading directly for Martinique to assess the situation from there. Will keep you all up to date on our situation. Right now we are thinking this is a non-event, but, we don't want to take any chances.
Cheers, THE CREW
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