Crazy Cross Country Running!

Today I ran my first cross country run in Grenada!! It is a lot different to run here than it is to run in Canada:

In Grenada teachers let children run on roads. In Canada that would never happen unless the roads were closed and police were directing traffic. In Grenada the trails are a lot longer. My run was 12 kilometers! In Canada it is 2.2 kilometers for the cross country run. The kids here are faster. Here you are divided up into houses (red house is the best) and you run for your house not for yourself. In Canada we run for the school and for ourselves.

It was tiring but I had a lot of fun!

Me running past my house! The window by the stairs is the kitchen window.

Yellow= Veronica, Red=Sophia, Stripes= Jod & a kid from form 2



You can see the masts of the giant tall ship that is in port

Richardson Hill

At the top of the hill taking a break

Owen's favourite teacher Ms. Sincere in the red

Getting cheered on and offered water



My run



The Old Abandoned Airport

Today my family and I went out on a trip to the north point of Grenada.

My dad drove us to an Pearls airport that was abandoned during the revolution in 1984. This airport was the only airport in Grenada and is located in Grenville.

Today there were men shovelling gravel, but the main residents are cattle.

Since the airstrip was abandoned we decided to race down it. We got to 90 km which seemed really fast, but that is the normal drive speed from Brighton to Trenton.

There were two abandoned Cuban cargo planes. They were interesting to see. Lastly...

 

On some nights they hold....(pause for effect) Drag Racing!!