After finally receiving our new refrigerator drink drawer component we decided it was now or never. The weather forecast showed a break in the wind on Monday and Tuesday the 17th and 18th. Still on Monday it was blowing a good 20-30 knots but we were itchy. Pierre stopped by and dropped off a bottle of local champagne to put in our new refrigerator drawer. What nice people they are. On Tuesday we finally left Gruisson. And actually it was a good decision. Jay Sea Dee loves the wind around 20 knots or so and we had a good morning of sailing. In the afternoon the wind picked up a bit again but we were quickly at our destination…Port Camargue.
The whole time in Gruisson I wouldn’t let John put up our American flag…I am always a bit afraid of unwanted attraction. The French Gendarme was based right across from us in the harbor. But following good nautical practice, up went the flag as we left port. After checking in with the Capitanarie in Camargue, who shows up?…yes, the French Gendarme to check our papers. It all went well and we were off to town to load up our “Orange” phone again. It seems that every time John hooked up with the internet using his phone, it hooked up to “Orange” and started the sucking sound of our money going down the drain.
Port Camargue is HUGE! It has over 2,000 berths and around 200 visitor berths so we knew there would be no problem finding a place for a few nights. It is one of the largest ports in the WORLD.
We rented a car and set off to explore Provence.
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