MOODY BLUES left Rodney Bay in the northwest corner of St. Lucia and headed for Vieux Fort Bay, which is in the southwest corner of the island.

We passed Port Castries.

We approached and passed refinery of sorts.

A fisherman caught my eye just outside of Marigot Bay.

We detoured into Marigot Bay, the most visited anchorage on St. Lucia.

Seafood anyone?

It was beautiful but too crowded.

It was a tight turn around. Luckily no ferry.     This mon motored up offering us a buoy for the night.

We declined the buoy and kept going south past the famous Deux Pitons.

The Deux Pitons are the second most famous anchorage on St. Lucia.

Vieux Fort Bay is the banana export outlet. It is close to Hewanorra Airport with international flights.

As we came into anchor under Mathurin Point the kids were having a hey-day on the beach.

A spare parts house.

Could it be this man’s house?

He rowed like a young man.

We walked slowly. It is his house.

The kids were heading home.

The tide is obviously an issue.                       But they know how to negotiate the wall.

Careful as you go.

No reef walkers.

Waiting for his pals.

The old man had gone inside his house.

Magical sunset with one of the Pitons. (Piton is a beer here too.)

(This post is dedicated to our great godsons Noah and Dylan Escobedo who’d love to play with those kids.)

After hiking all over the fort and park we treated ourselves to a scrumptous lunch at Jambe de Bois.

 

Lizard.                                                                          Purple flower. (Morning Glory?)

Interior seating.

Exterior seating.

The bar.

  

Dessert and what-not Refer.                            Moody Blues outside the window in Rodney Bay.

Proprietor.

Counter and menu on blackboard.

Lots of handmade furniture.

Interesting chair, see Gene peeking through it?

“Lively up yourself” with all the decor.

Love all the color.

The ladies of the restaurant. (Our lunch really was one of the best we’ve had on this whole adventure.)

Bird feeder.

Jambe de Bois and the Park dinghy dock.

Jambe de Bois is the white roofed building on the water along the Park and Fort grounds.

(This post is dedicated to Downrigger’s in Friday Harbor, WA. home of the famous Teriyaki Chicken Burger.)

Moody Blues, anchored off the park, made it easy to visit the National Landmark.

Sunburn tree.                                                       Caribbean Elaenia (I think).

  

Dormitory.

Zenaida Dove.

No fort would be complete without a viable pub!

Ah, time to wet the whistle.

Intimate.

In the museum images of carved settlers.

Examples of soldiers.

The ships that arrived.

Hunters of the past.                                            Keepers of the landmark.

Wild orchids.

(This post is dedicated to Warren Jones who can zoom in and out of any fort or town and never get lost.)