This looks like a pretty flat, desolate island from the sky. I don’t want to live there…
Flying over Turks and Caicos..
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Lily on the Lam
My friend Lily, has just booked her third trip on our yacht for February, accompanied with a lot of YAY’s in print, and I am sure jumping up and down in person.
Now, in between the last time Lily was on board and now, she has started a food blog (Heather Conklin you will like it!).
I am not sure how my homestyle-potato-salad-chicken-ribs meals are going to stack up against all these restaurants and dishes she equally gushes about or tears apart..Especially when I don’t even know what half of the dishes are!
But, this girl has more confidence then any one person needs (and that even includes me!) She also writes blog posts AS LONG as i do when I get on a roll, which is equally hard to believe!
Lily on the Lam!
We have been down in the islands doing a few things over the last week. I took the first opportunity I could to go to Costco and fill up my fridge. Always count on me for that!
A full fridge!
I may not know the fancy names that Lily calls dishes on her blog, but let me tell you I can cook a mean steak! This one was rib eye marinated in Yoshida’s sweet and sour gourmet sauce, worcestershire sauce, and montreal steak seasoning. It was wonderful. And I ate every bite!
A good, no, great steak!
I actually have some pictures put aside to put up a blog entry on the Promenade site, so I will just leave off this entry with a couple sailing pictures at sunset from this week. As apparently when I don’t blog every damn day I forget how to do it and have managed to lose this post more then once now!
Sailing at Sunset
Sailing at Sunset
Went for a late afternoon dive and now I think Nacho’s and a movie are calling my name..Listen.. “Kerry, Kerry”
Good night!
Trip up to Freezing cold Canada..
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Figured I might as well just finish up these pictures and be done with it. After all, tomorrow night we get on a plane to go back to the right coast. And, me thinks, Humidity again. Have a few things to do. Certainly have not spent much time eating up all the food I have in the fridge here. The thing I miss the most is going diving with my camera. Each and every time we come up here, and the longing for that comes back the quickest. I know you won’t be surprised to know that it is not the bank line ups, or slow internet……
The week in Pictures
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I am so busy I am not sure I will ever catch up. We made a trip up to Canada last week and it turned out shorter then I thought it would be, so I did not get all my Canadiana moments in! No Swiss Chalet with the parents, No Harvey’s Burger’s, No extra containers of Becel margarine to bring back to SoCal and I even forgot my Hickory Sticks on the counter downstairs at moms!
I am loving my new MAC and it’s speed and practically downloading and uploading everything I can get my hands on.
As it is time to get on a plane one more time tomorrow night, this will be simply a photo entry for those who are interested. Food and Wine, around our part of Southern California. Works for me!
Oh yeah, It seems I have most of the computer work to do with the businesses and companies and what does my husband do up here..Happily build bird feeders as you can see above! Getting to be just like his mother I would say 
Love you Bazza!
Campaign Update – We’re off to a great start- Our friend Michael Beans
Campaign Update – We’re off to a great start.
Not only does Michael Beans entertain us with his pirate jolly mon show at Leverick Bay in season in the BVI, but his Good Samaritan Project at Ile De Vache, Haiti has done a whole bunch of good things.
Many years ago when Beans washed up on the beaches of this small poor island, the people kept him alive. It really is an incredible story that I would love to write.
He has done back for decades!
Life on the fly..
Off one plane…sleep, watch movies, have baths, then onto another plane..Going up to see the parents in Victoria!
Flying out of Orange County, John Wayne airport is soooo much nicer then going into LAX where possible….
As soon as we hit Seattle we saw a lot more toques (how Canadian of me) and scarfs and winter coats then shorts and flip flops. We promptly followed the cues and took ours out of our suitcases..
The week we were at the house was barely long enough to sleep, and get the pool cleaned up. We found the crows were using a little puddle of water on the top all winter to store all their bones and food in. Yuck!
If I only had a pool…
I was so tired after charter season that I spent most of the week watching TV and sleeping. Yesterday we did finally manage to go out and do a few errands and find a restaurant..
A hair cut for the puppy and a trip out to Red Lobster
Then it was time for a bit of a drive around town to see what was new. Or at least to go to a casino for an hour and take pictures of old things!
Old Town Temecula
Apparently oranges and avocado’s are being picked..I saw a sign 25 avocado’s for $5.00. I think we pay that an avocado in the islands
Oranges are heavy and being picked
Most people know there is not much I like photographing more then old boats. I don’t have too many of those here so I go for old buildings. This trailer did the trick just as well…
Trailer for sale or rent…rooms to let 50cents
I want you to know that it did have a lock on the door!
Trailer for sale or rent…rooms to let 50cents
I think it may need new curtains though! these might have been sitting in here awhile. I am sure I have seen boats for sale at an atrocious price that look something like this though…
we might need new curtains in the trailer
old shed
I have found that I have piles of old pottery. It is all beautiful. I really need to do something with it though!
a selection of old pottery pieces I have. I really need to think what to make them into
Anyways, firmly settled in my parents downstairs apartment, my mom made a great dinner “all Kerry Comfort food, believe me!” and in a real surprise, my brother Danny is here as well from Alberta!
Pictures later! I am a happy girl, Tim Horton’s, Harvey’s and Putaha (Perogies) here I come!
Dinner out at the Clubhouse at Frenchman’s, Tortola
The Clubhouse at Frenchman’s- reading lights!
I swore I was not going out to Pusser’s one more time to eat (although, in fairness, I love their meat lovers cheeseburgers…)
We understand they close fairly early, (9PM) but at 815 they graciously allowed us to stay and order.
It was quite still in there, and a lovely setting, although a few fans might have helped me..
Enjoying a laugh!
Went out with friends Cam and Rhonda off of Quest and as usual, Cam was a either a princess or a card 
Bunny Rabbit Cam
I have no friends Cam
But I certainly was looking forward to a meal that I did not have to cook! Menu was a little small for me, with there really only being one or two things that interested me, but if you know the size of me, you will also know that I managed to struggle along with that!
Pork something!
Very nice presentation throughout, and the service was very good (with the exception that the drinks were slow and you were not going to get drunk and “lots of ice” did not equate very well!)
Queen Conch Chowder
I love rib eye steak, which is what I had and it was good too..
Rib-eye..my favorite cut of steak
Although I can’t eat all those vegetable type things around it. Everyone seemed to enjoy their dinner, and the price? About par for Tortola, $380.00 for 6 of us with no dessert and two drinks and with gratuity.
