This week I have been telling you why I left the Guiding Light in Granada Marine and how they installed brand new engines. I was lucky and got the boat…
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I have been working really hard on a personal project that many of my guest have asked me to do. I am not ready to announce what it is just…
The big project I had done on Guiding Light this year was to have the staff at Grenada Marine take out the old Yanmar 3GM30 engines and SD20 sail drives…
I hope you enjoyed reading about Steve and my adventures in Tobago over the last three weeks. From there we sailed to Trinidad and explored around there for several weeks…
As I told you yesterday, when I was writing all about Green Hill Waterfall, I got hurt bringing you today’s photo of the day. The entire time I was sliding…
Two days ago I told you about Hillsborough Dam and today we are at Green Hill Waterfall, which is between the dam and Mount St George on Easterfield Rd. I…
Yesterday I wrote all about exploring Hillsborough Dam and today I want to use my favorite angle as the photo of the day. What do you think of the photo?…
Our second to last stop in Tobago is Hillsborough Dam holding the Hillsborough Reservoir, which is the major source of drinking water for the island of Tobago. It is located…
Yesterday I told you how Steve and I got a hour long tour to a waterfall that we did not even know about. It was total luck that we found…
Highland Waterfall is the tallest single waterfall on Tobago and is quite a sight. I was trying to find Craig Hall Waterfall because it was featured in the 1960 movie…
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We will be talking about Russia and the Trans-Siberian Train in this podcast as my dad joins me to talk about the month long trip we took in 2016. In…
I bet almost no one goes and sees it. Just like we did on Nutmeg Grove that I wrote about yesterday, we happen to stumble apon this amazing waterfall. You…
As Steve and I were driving around the island of Tobago I saw Nutmeg Grove on the map we were given. Of course, I was intrigued and wanted to see…
Check out this historic watermill that was used on this old plantation! I think it is beautiful even in such a dilapidated state. Can you see how almost half the…
On Sunday I wrote all about Store Bay on the west end of Tobago and I told you Fort Milford was located here and we would check it out today….
Yesterday I told you how Store Bay is one of the best anchorages on Tobago and what all there is to do there. I also told you I would talk…
Store Bay is the anchorage on the west coast of Tobago, which gives it an unencumbered view of the golden globe as it settles below the horizon each day. Is…
Yesterday I told you all about Englishman Bay on Tobago, but I saved the best photo to use as today’s photo of the day. To me there is nothing this…
Englishman’s Bay is a secluded beach on the north coast of Tobago, between Castara and Parlatuvier bays. Although the bay does not draw the large numbers of beachgoers that Tobago’s…
Unfortunately the angle of the photo makes it look more protected than reality. With that said it does provide good protection in normal weather, but not what you would want…
After we left Argyle Waterfall that I told you about on Sunday, Steve and I decided to drive over the mountains to get to the north shore by doing a…
As I told you yesterday, Argyle waterfall is the most famous waterfall in Tobago. I had so much fun climbing up the first 10 level of this amazing waterfall. Today…
There is no debating that Argyle Waterfall is the most famous and for good reason. Destination Trinidad & Tobago says of Argyle Waterfall, “At 175 feet (54 metres), Argyle, Tobago’s…
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We are talking about boat systems & electric motors with Joel James in this episode of the Guiding Light Podcast. Joel helped me chose to purchase a Lagoon 410, and…
Check out the view as we look up Argyle Waterfall. This is the third level and I am told there are 40 total. How cool is that? On Sunday I will…
The answer may surprise you. It is bamboo. Now I bet you are wondering why I am talking about bamboo, which is part of the Asian culture, when I have…
Yesterday I told you how the movie Swiss Family Robinson was filmed on Tobago almost 60 years ago. Well I can tell you that except for a few of the…
Swiss Family Robinson is a 1960 Disney live action film. It is a tale of a shipwrecked family building an island home and is loosely based on the 1812 novel…
When I was at Genesis Nature Park and I got to see some awesome animals. I wrote all about how Michael had turned his front yard into a combination zoo…
Both Steve and I read about Genesis Nature Park and wanted to check it out during our driving tour. At first, we drove right by it because we did not…