Day 22

Kids were up early for showers and left before 7 to catch their flight to Nassau and points north. They left here at 7:30 and the flight to Charlotte didn’t leave until 4, so they were thinking about a field trip to Atlantis for the day. Harold and I settled in with coffee and the cruiser’s net to make a decision about what to do about staying or leaving. Cruiser’s net is a volunteer thing that goes on every morning on channel 68 on the VHF in the Marsh Harbor area. They give the weather, the passage info for all the passes, and the crossing information, then the various businesses, restaurants, and bars call in with their pitches, then it is open mike for everyone looking for boat parts, having a birthday, coming into the Abacos or leaving. It is very entertaining and a lot of good info every morning. Bottom line on the weather is stinko – high winds on account of something going on down over Puerto Rico, so we will just stay put for a day or so – maybe until Thursday morning so we can partake the Wednesday night Rib Dinner at the Jib Room! Then we will probably go to Man O’ War Cay for a day or so, and if the weather is cooperating, around the tip of Abaco, out to the Berry Islands, on to Bimini and across the pond.

In the meantime today, Harold tackled a couple of projects, I finished the last of my middle school award books, we went to the pool, had a light supper and then Fred and Diane from Marathon who are several slips down came over for awhile. We are getting pretty well adjusted to this lifestyle!