Our Travels

After sleeping like babies for almost 11 hours, yesterday we headed into town to tackle the non-connectivity of the phone/data plan that we’d arranged before leaving the U.S. which wasn’t working at all. This would never do. We are a bit too old and responsible for that kind of shenanigans. It’s one thing to go cruising off to exotic ports of call but quite another to do so with no way to keep in touch with family and friends, not to mention researching weather, route planning, etc. We have charts, but heck, can somebody toss us an island/town map? Just amazing how the world is so reliant on the net. So, armed with smiles hidden behind masks (luckily Susie has great eyes), we did it the old fashioned way. By talking to folks in person. Long story, but it took more than 24 hours, the kind assistance of several very friendly Bahamians, in addition to many calls (on their phones) to the agency based in Washington, DC and, yes, access to free WIFI at the Green Turtle Club to finally get our phone connected…. today. Fortunately, just in time to wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Oh, remember that promise about the blue water? Well, we’ve cruised through bright blue water, followed by the most gorgeous turquoise water, and we are sitting in 14′ of water clear enough to see the bottom. This morning we took the dinghy out to locate our anchor, and there it was, clear as day, securely dug into the grassy sand. Then as we were zinging along, I kept my eyes trained on the bottom and saw a BIG starfish. Amazing!