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Antigua

November 12,1991

My father was a volunteer firefighter, so naturally he visited the firehouse while he was in Dominica. I thought this might be a picture from his own camera while he was in Antigua, but his shirt seems to be the same color as the one he wears in the video from November 12.
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Dominica

November 1991

Students get ready at Borrow Square (to honor Dominica’s Independence Day November 3, 1978)
Portsmouth, November 1991
Students march back to school
After the Independce rally
Portsmouth November 1991
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Dominica

November 13, 1991

Trying to steal a banana. Indian River.
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Dominica

November 13, 1991

When my father visited, I took him to the Cabrits National Park to see Fort Shirley.
Dad looking over Prince Rupert Bay
Fort Shirley, November 1991
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Dominica

November 15, 1991

Peace Corps Volunteers gather at La Robe Creole to say goodbye to Art and Fred. One volunteer orders Mountain Chicken. According to Lennox Honeychurch’s book on Dominica, La Robe Creole was “probably Dominica’s most renowned restaurant” in 1991. Situated on Victoria Street, just down the road from the Fort Young and the Cenotaph. “Excellent menu served by staff in traditional island dress.”
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Dominica

November 14, 1991

November 14

Last year Caren said she dreamed that my father and aunt visited me. This year half of what she said came true. My dad left yesterday for Antigua after spending 2 days here. Tomorrow he leaves to go back home.

I arrived at the airport shortly after he did. I was checking to see if his flight came in just as he came through the door at customs.

We went to the Peace Corps office, toured Roseau, and hired a taxi to go to Trafalgar Falls and Morne Bruce. We ate lunch at Guiyave, upstairs at the restaurant. I made an arrangement with Alvin to take us up the East Coast past Emerald Pool, Carib territory, and Calibishie. 

I made him a hamburger after we unpacked all my goodies from his suitcase. In the morning we went up the Indian River and saw Fort Shirley. We swam at Purple Turtle before we went to meet his flight back to Antigua.

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Dominica

November 13 1991

Sunset from my veranda on Bay Street in Portsmouth with some royalty-free music courtesy of YouTube. In a few weeks I would be moving to the east coast of Dominica and no longer have this view.
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Dominica

November 1991

My father visited me after I was in Peace Corps for 16 months. I took him on a tour of the Commonwealth of Dominica on November 12. I recorded our stops at three locations. You can see him in this video. He was 70 years old at the time. We traveled up the Indian River the morning of November 13.
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Dominica

November 1991

Paul and Linda Rogers on my porch in Portsmouth November 1991
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Dominica

November 7, 1991

7 November

As usual I didn’t do anything too special on my birthday. It was a difficult day because at first there was no water; then there was dirty water. It was raining hard; I didn’t have my umbrella. I had pancakes left over from Sunday and poured some water over my body before I went to school. My hair looked wet the whole day. The students were very hyperactive coming off a long string of no work. I lost my temper at various points. My big treat came at break when I ate cake and a soft drink.

After I went to post mail I remembered I had Frances’s slip for her pay check. I went over to her house and decided to watch one of the videotapes I brought back from the states. She went to pick up mail while I watched “The Fresh Prince”; I got a letter from Diane, a real nice treat. Other than that it was a pretty ordinary day.