May 19, 2001 -- Headed to Le Marin

We got up this morning, and after hemming and hawing, we decided to go to Le Marin. With the reports we were getting from vessels that had already left, I thought I could travel even with my back hurting. We put the dinghy up on deck even though the trip was less than 20 miles just to be on the safe side, even though many people towed their dinghies. We raised anchor at 1423 GMT. The wind blew right around 20 knots the entire trip, and it was 20 knots right on the nose no matter what way we turned! We dropped anchor in Le Marin at 1756 GMT. Steve stopped by from Tahoe to offer to help us get our dinghy down. We thanked him but said that we probably would not get off the boat today. He asked if there was anything we needed from town. We said that if he found an open bakery, we could use some bread. He said that he would keep an eye out and headed into town with Nancy. When they came back from town, they delivered a baguette and some rolls to us. We invited them over for cocktails. We had an early dinner, and then enjoyed an evening of cocktails with Tahoe. I tried out one of the pates that I purchased in Fort de France. It turned out to be very good. I will definitely need to get more of it. It was Pate de Foix pur porc by William Saurin.