Monday
April 29th
Monday we walked to the grocery store. Again we stopped by Don’s studio to pick up my
wooden grouper. He invited us again to
sit with him and talk. He had two other
friends with him already sitting under the almond tree, a women and a man. The woman was named Gayle and the man was
Dave. We talked for a while and Dave had
to go back to work. After a while we ask
Don if he had finished the grouper. It
was really neat! He mentioned as we were
walking out of the shop that Gayle was the lady that lived in the Castle. George and I both were very surprised. We had just finished reading the Out Island
Doctor and Gayle was the doctor’s daughter. The Out Island Doctor is a great
read for everyone especially if you are a boater.
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| Gayle's house |
Tuesday April 30th
We did not get off the boat that morning. Rey came around and asked “Hey you all OK,
Haven’t seen you around today”. We were
changing the oil in the engine and in the transmission. It was an all day job.
Wednesday May the 1st.
We needed to get started cleaning the boat and preparing for
guest. We are going to move to the aft
berth because on our way back to the States we use the aft berth as a sea
berth. When under way even in fairly
smooth seas the V berth is a little bumpy.
So while Jack and Linda are here they will use the V berth and we will be
in the aft berth. That way we will
already have our stuff in the aft berth.
Thursday May 2nd
We were getting excited about visitors. However our boat looked a mess. You know you have to mess up to clean up. When a small space is in disarray it is really
bad. There was a festival in Turtle Cay
I wanted to go to but because of the timing we just were not going to be able
to sail to Turtle Cay and be back before Saturday. The next year I promised myself we would go.
Friday May 3rd
We finished preparing the boat for guest. We have been wanting to go to Boat Harbour Marina
to eat at their restaurant, so we decided to go tonight. It was probably the
nicest dinner we have had. I think I embrassed George by taking a picture of my
plate. The scenery was beautiful, food
was great and the live one man band was the best in Abaco. Just when we finished eating the lights went
out in the restaurant, but of course came right back on with a generator. We walked back to our boat, about a mile, lit
only with a cell phone and a flash of lightening ever few minutes. We did get home without getting wet.
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| Dinner at the resturant at Boat Harbour. |
Saturday May 4th
It was George’s birthday!
We got up to do some finishing touches on the boat. George jumped in the
shower at 11:00. Jack and Lynda’s plane
was to land at 11:00 and it takes about 30 minutes by taxi. Just as George was getting out of the shower,
there was a knock on the boat. I had to
yell up at our guest to tell them to wait for George to put his clothes on. Of
course we will never heard to end of that.
George received telephone calls from all of the kids. It was really good to hear their voices, made
me a little home sick.
Jack and Lynda gave George a sail bag that was made from the
sail they lost in the storm the day they left
Vero Beach.
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| George's Birthday Gift. |
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| Our guest, Jack and Lynda. |
First stop was Curly Tails for lunch. Jack has to see Gerta, his favorite waitress. After a short nap we continued celebrating
George’s birthday with a steak dinner at the Job room.
Sunday May 5th
We are headed back to Nipper’s. I hate to admit this but this will be our
third time this year. Does the song,” I
Love this bar” come to mind? I had my
camera ready this time but did not get any good shots. Jack did!!
It was getting to be about 2 or 3 and no one was dancing. George and I had to get it started. Yes, kids you daddy danced when no one else
was on the dance floor, not one but several dances. There was a Kalik or two involved. However
it was not until about 4:00 that everyone else started dancing. We meet some really nice people from
South Carolina, Clemson
fans. He had flown his airplane over to
visit some friends in Hope Town. After a quick walk on the beach, and a stroll
to Grabbers, where we played the string and hook game, we headed back to
Marsh Harbour
on the ferry. We met some of our friends
from the dock and they said come on over to Snapper’s, a restaurant near our
docks, to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. We
were so tired we told them we had been to Nippers and we just did not have it in
us. We had dinner on Celebration.
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| Waiting! |
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| Caroline with the guys minus one. |
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| Jack and George catching the sights! |
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| Nippers Beach |
Monday May 6th
Lynda and I went shopping while Jack and George were to
replace the foot switch on the bilge pump.
Lynda and I stayed gone for about 3 hours. We were wondering if they had fixed the pump
and if we were going to see them in the middle of the job with the boat in a
disarray. They had not even
started. With all the moving things
around making room for our guest, George could not find the foot switch. I came in and he told me, I have looked everywhere and Jack came behind
me and looked. I went to the top shelf
of our closet and pulled it out. After
lunch they replaced it with little trouble except George had to stretch his arm
as far as he could reach to get it in place. That afternoon we walked to the Boat Harbour Marina Bar.
The conch shell blowers gathered at sunset for a beautiful sunset.
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| Boat Harbour Bar |
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| Enny, Carol and Al , our dock's conch blowers. |
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| Wishful thinking! |
Tuesday May 7th
Today we wanted to take the boat to Man O War but we did not
want to be on a schedule for the tides so we all decided to take the ferry. We
had a great day walking on the beach, looking for seaglass, and shopping. Of course this is one of the favorite Cays
for the guys because this Cay is known for their Boat building. We came home and took another nap .By the way
the nappers are mainly Jack and George!! Had dinner at Mangoes.
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| Courtney, remember this beach on Man O War Cay! |
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| Dinner at Mangoes, the waitress had a hard time remembering everything. It was a long dinner. |
