Why must it rain so much in the rainforest?
Many of our followers have commented that they enjoy reading our blog during their morning coffee break. It is while I enjoy my morning coffee that I most frequently compose and post on our blog. On the rare times that I do not post in the morning, it’s typically the result of one of four situations:
- I have nothing to say. This almost never happens.
- We partied a bit too much the night prior. This does happen on occasion, but not last night.
- Our internet is being uncooperative. This happens much more frequently than I like!
- We were off on an early-morning adventure. This was the case today.
Rebecca and I set off with five of our friends this morning to hike to the Seven Sisters waterfalls. This is the same hike that Rebecca did last season while I was in Trinidad. If you missed reading about that trip, she wrote about it here.
If you take the time to read that post, and look at the many pics that I included, you’ll see that many people on that trip opted to jump off the various waterfalls. We have since come to learn just how dangerous this can be. In fact, we personally know at least two people who have been hurt jumping from the falls, one serious enough to put at least a temporary end to her cruising plans. After being carried out on a stretcher, she required a flight back to the US and to my knowledge is still undergoing medical treatment and therapy. Not cool!
Although we love to do exciting stuff, we also know that even a sprained ankle will put a serious crimp in our lifestyle. Because of this, no one in our group had any intention of jumping. As it turned out, just as with our recent trip to Concord Fall, the water was raging and the normally clear pools of water were mud colored and frothy. So much so that swimming didn’t even seem appealing and jumping I think would have been out of the question. Having gone to all the trouble to get there though, we didn’t want to simply turn around so we opted to hike up and down the river for an hour or two. Did I mention that it was pouring rain all this time? Yes, they don’t call it the rainforest for nothing!
All in all it was a good day even if it did turn out to be a bit different than we expected. Note that in spite of how much rain we got, the people back in St. George’s didn’t get a single drop!
I ask myself that question almost every single day – why does it rain SO MUCH in a rain forest.
Unfortunately, MY rain forest doesn’t have the fabulous azure ocean and white powder sand beaches and cute beach bars that YOUR’S does so…. it goes without saying but I will say it anyway – I much prefer your rain forest to mine.
*sigh*
The BC rain forest is pretty special too!
Yeah… for about two weeks.
Spectacular pics Mike – you can see it’s been raining a lot from the colour of the water. The rain forest is so beautiful. I’m looking forward to our trip to the area in early March. We’re going with friends who have never been to the Caribbean and we’ll show them the rain forest in Dominica which I hope will impress them as much as your photos of Grenada. Jane x
I’m sure it will.
Blog during the morning coffee…
Well, not yet, but I might.
We’d like to see a Samantha Story. After all, she is the Head Kitty.
Jim
She has a very busy schedule.
Mike, I have what most will consider and odd observation/question. Everytime I see you guys your shoes are soaked. Your always in the water. How often do you have to buy new shoes? Whe I was a distance runner soaked shes did not last long.
Dave
Jumping is definitely a dangerous activity – if you hit the water wrong, it’s like landing on concrete. In Jamaica, many people have had their vacation ruined jumping from the cliffs at Negril, especially Rick’s Cafe. My question is whether it is possible to climb to the top of Seven Sisters and back down again?
Hi Greg
Yes, you can climb to the top, where the jumping commences and then climb back down without jumping. We actually did that on our last trip. It offers little benefit though as you can’t see the top of the main falls from that spot. Once you start to jump down the cascade of falls you are committed though, there is no bail-out point. That is where people get in trouble… the first few falls are all pretty easy but the last 35′ one is scary. Many people are rightly afraid of that jump but by then, they have to do it. Their fear causes them to be tense and land improperly, leading to injury.
Thanks Mike, I see you’re still hanging out on the south coast of Grenada. We’ll be staying at The Grenadian by Rex at the end of January. I have to admit I’m a little envious of your new free-spirited lifestyle. Not many people would attempt what you and Rebecca have done – it was a very bold move and quite inspiring.
Hi Greg
Grenada is a great place for cruisers to spend the windy season.
As for us heading sailing, it’s not all that bold, as evidenced by all the boats surrounding us right now. I appreciate the thoughts though. 🙂