Photos of Grand Bahama Islands

Missy and ponytail Richard.











Prettiest veggie stand I've ever seen - but yams are $3/lb.


















A trick of the camera - what looks like the sun can't be, too late in the day.






Selling conch in the supermarket parking lot.







Another beautiful Bahamian beach.








John Travolta's condo in Old Bahama Bay







Fisherman on the island's north shore.

Jet Ski and Sailing

Remember the big catamaran from a few days ago? He came zipping around the boat as we were navigating through the canal. Not only got a ride, got to drive - another thing checked off the "list."





Was a perfect day for sailing with Missy, Gerry and me.

Along the road to McLean's Town and back

If you click on the map to make it bigger you can see just how far McLean's Town is from Lucaya - a hell of a distance on the back of a motorcycle!!!

Caribbean pine is the most common tree on the island, covering 50% of the land mass. It is fire resistant, containing resins just under its bark that set off small explosions when hit by fire, suffocating the flames.

Bet I could get this cheap, and it has an ocean view (the house, not the cemetery).
Boat in McLean's Town

Coconut Fest

Photos of the annual Coconut Fest in Pelican Point, 40 miles east of Port Lucaya.

For Sally

A different kind of canal tour

Proposed shrimp boat. Large scale shrimping is a destructive industry, so hopefully this boat never goes to sea.


Large cat anchored just around the corner. It's about 50 feet in length and is the playground of one man. Has 2 jet skis, scooter, numerous paddle type boats and a dinghy. Lots of toys. Don't know if this is the recommended way to launch a jet ski.


Someone lives on this little tiny blue sailboat. He has to climb over the other boat and a smaller one (not seen in photo) but I suspect he pays no dockage fee.

These people lost their mast - backstay broke. It sank in over a hundred feet of water, lost forever. They're getting ready to motor over to Florida for repairs. Sailboats, unlike motorboats, just drop anchor in any out of the way place they can find, avoiding expensive docking fees.

Ship used in the German production of Der Seewolf. Someone bought it for next to nothing but the locals feel nothing will be done with it and it will eventually rust away. Same movie my (or rather my half) long boat came from.

These dogs ran from one dock to another as we sailed by. I've been told that each piling costs $1800. Guess they're guarding the pilings, not the house :) because there are a pile of them.


This boat is used when rich people have a gathering/rally of sorts. They put all their boating toys in it and it follows the big boats wherever they go.

Dinghy 101

Just got back from my first solo trip in a dinghy. Crazy Ponytail Richard let me take his dinghy to coffee - he walked. Don't know if he walked because he thought his life was in danger or because he needed the exercise. I have to admit Eddy showed me how to start it - and then started it for me - took a few pulls but he assured me I'd have no trouble on the return trip. So off I go and the first thing I do is run into the seawall and the vegetation you see in the photo. Eddy yells put it in reverse - he might have been laughing. Finally get out into the canal and slowly putt putt my way down to Unexso keeping a sharp look out for the ferry that almost did us in last month. Made it safe and sound, in probably twice the time it should have, but I did make it, tied up and relished the look of surprise on Richard's face when I showed up. TB helped launch me back into the canal on the return trip - but I started it myself. As you can see dinghy made it back safe and sound, even though I had to dodge 2 ferries. I really need lessons, every time I got it "on plane" I lost control and had to drop my speed.