Bahamas

October 9, 2013  Getting Ready 

Still getting ready and Gerry had the pleasure of going up the mast again. Gary and Betty cranked him up there so he could replace the wind indicator (again) and oil the track. He actually trusted me to get him back down!

He stopped halfway down to cut off the old lazy jacks and leave enough cord to replace them while we're out on our great adventure.  We thought, at first, that we'd go to Eleuthera but now I think it'll be the Bight of Abaco where according to the paper charts there is absolutely no depth to the water. "If you've never run aground you haven't been any place interesting" (Gerry).  Just might leave tomorrow. Updating the blog will have to wait until we return.

Back to Bahamas October 5, 2013

This year we're doing things differently. First off we've flown down here instead of making the arduous drive down to Florida then finding transport over to the island. American had a deal we couldn't pass up.

Tallest clouds I've ever seen, of course the camera doesn't do them justice.

Port Lucaya

We were relieved to find that neither Alice the rat nor her relatives had moved onto either boat so there was no major cleanup on the boats but Mother Nature had flourished around the shed. Gerry once again had to cut the bushes and trees back to get rid of the potential rat highway onto the boat.

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Secondly, we're going cruising, not once but twice (2nd time when Chris and Les get here in November). Ramblynn has an almost new engine and we're going to take off any day now. Tons of stuff to get ready and pack. One thing I'm not packing is my computer so the blog will have to wait until our return.

Thirdly (because we're cruising and then have reservations at an all-inclusive resort) we're not going to Fantasy Fest. I know, I know, Key West won't be the same without us there and Gerry's friends will be disappointed that there won't be a slide show of all the semi and entirely naked women. Suck it up guys.