http://layne.9degrees.com A nice place to visit Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:06:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [salbum=4,n,n,right]We finally took Annabelle to Six Flags for her 6th birthday... Three down, none to go.  First Kaylee, then Sydney, and finally "Bellie".  The weather was hot and sunny - enough for her to search out any and all water rides.  She knew her limitations and was constantly informing us ... http://layne.9degrees.com/2008/07/six-flags-with-annabelle/ Elizabeth and I headed for a short trip to New York last week. She had a meeting, and, well, I can work from anywhere (and did manage to squeeze in an important meeting). She was in meetings all day, but we met as often as possible, and I walked mid-town and ... http://layne.9degrees.com/2008/07/nyc-trip-2008/ [srandom=3,160,1,1,y,right]Our last evening was spent moored in a beautiful village called Marigot north of Soufries in St. Lucia. The seas were as rough as we had experienced the entire trip to get there. As we crossed the large channel between St. Vincent and St. Lucia. For three of the four ... http://layne.9degrees.com/2008/06/day-7-marigot/ [srandom=2,160,1,1,y,right]We left the feel of miniature palm and white sand covered islands and headed north to St. Vincent Island. We had stopped for lunch days earlier, but had not spent a night here. In sharp contrast to the previous anchorage, this bay was surrounded by mountains covered in ... http://layne.9degrees.com/2008/06/day-6-st-vincent/ [srandom=2,160,1,1,y,right]It was a short trip today - only 45 minutes to the other side of Mayreau and across to Tobago Cays. We joined perhaps 10 other boats (including the 90ft. schooner on its way to Argentina). We anchored in a bay surrounded by small islands one could cross on foot in ... http://layne.9degrees.com/2008/06/day-5-tobago-cays/ [srandom=2,160,1,1,y,right]The next morning, while sill on Bequia (what a beautiful island...) We ate breakfast and our same dive group was collected at 9:00a for a drift dive at the heads of Anse [name]. "The Boulders" was the dive. We got a chance to take the dinghy to shore and Skype home ... http://layne.9degrees.com/2008/06/day-4-mayreau/ [srandom=3,160,1,1,y,right]We headed for Bequia today along the west coast of St. Vincent Island. It was our first opportunity to hoist the sails. The crew played a nice trick on three of our group (me included)... With a sincere countenance on his face, He began pulling the ropes on ... http://layne.9degrees.com/2008/06/day-3-bequia/ [srandom=1,160,1,1,y,right] Being able to see this boat in the daylight confirmed our initial shock when we saw the boat last night at 10:30p. It is enormous! We had a great night's sleep - perhaps due to the previous long day of travel. We had a nice spread of bread, jams, cereal and ... http://layne.9degrees.com/2008/06/day-2-st-lucia/ The flight from Atlanta was delayed 2.5 hours, but no one seemed to mind as we all knew that eventually we would begin our week in the West Indies. [srandom=2,160,1,1,y,right] Some select photos will accompany these posts here, but some not seen will be referenced and hopefully shared on some future 'best ... http://layne.9degrees.com/2008/06/day-1-st-lucia/