Day 1 - Saturday, Travel

Our flight on Saturday was out of BTV at 05:40, oh dark hundred as brother Randy would say. We set the alarm for  2AM but it is hard to sleep when you know you have to get up so early.  The Kitchins and Allens arrived by 02:45 and we were off to the airport. Why do they insist you get to the airport 2 hours ahead of your 05:40 flight but don't open the ticket counter until 04:00 AM?

Our flights took us from BTV to JFK with an hour layover and then onto Grenada. Everything  went so smoothly, we did not even have time to grab breakfast, so when we arrived in Grenada we were very hungry.

When we landed in Grenada we took a cab to the hotel, The Grenadian by Rex Resorts. I asked how much the fare was before we loaded up, he said $30 for the six of us and all our bags. I was not quite sure how far the hotel was, but knew it was not far.  $30 sounded like plenty but there were 6 plus luggage. When we arrived at the hotel, I gave him $33. The driver said "this is too much", it was $30 in East Caribbean Dollars.  The rate posted at the hotel is $2.65 US to 1 EC.  So our first impression of the people was very positive, he was an honest man and gave me back a $20 bill, we have his card and will use him again this trip.

It was around 2:30 by the time we checked in and since our rooms were not ready we headed for lunch poolside in our travel digs. We were dressed way too warm, but there is always a breeze near the beach, so we were not that uncomfortable.

The grounds of the hotel have lots of birds just hanging out.

Birds hanging in a tree.

After lunch we sat on the patio and waited for our rooms.

We are staying at The Grenadian by Rex Resorts. We each have separate rooms but we are all on the same floor and all have ocean views. The Grenadian has clearly been here a long time, but is generally in pretty good shape.

After getting settled in and changing into clothes that better displayed our pearly white skin, we walked the beach to the southwest until we came to a rock out cropping that we would have to go over or swim, we turned around. The beach in front of the Grenadian is about 1/3 of a mile of pure, fine, white sand, pretty nice.

Walking on the beach.

We even found a beach wedding chappel.











Dinner was by the pool, it was BBQ night. They bring a grill out by the pool and cook chicken and pork right there, and there is always fish.  The pork was some of the best ribs I have had..so far the food has been quite good.

Nice outdoor bar.













We ended the evening on the patio again, with live music, they had a percussion band and they were good.