From Pointe de Bout, we continued sailing north to St. Pierre, the town close to Mt. Pelee , that was devastated when it erupted in 1902.  Along the way, we dropped our anchor at L’Anse a l’Ane because they had a gas station in town.  We were desperate to get gas for our dinghy’s outboard motor.  This anchorage was quite rough because it didn’t provide any protection from the wind.  I was glad to get back to the boat, put our dinghy up, and move on.

St. Pierre was a rough-looking, beaten-up town.  It was dingy, with many stone buildings either broken down or abandoned.  We ware only there for one night, so we wanted to explore it a little bit.  We didn’t have time to go up to the top of Mt. Pelee.  However, we did walk up to a fortified area with cannons pointing out at the sea.  There was also a memorial here.  Town itself consisted mostly of two, one-way streets with a few shops along the narrow streets.  Because it was our last night on Martinique, we went into the boulangerie and used up our Euros on patisseries.  Again, they were delicious!