Vacations Over

Sue’s short vacation from our long vacation is over and she’s back aboard. Bruce is back in Chicago. I had a great time during his visit and I’m glad he made it down. We didn’t make it as far was we hoped, but did the best we could with the winds we were given. Thanks Bruce!

Sue and I wanted to leave Nassau, but didn’t want to venture too far because we have to be back in Nassau in a week to meet up with friends flying down to visit.

We stayed at the marina an extra day due to weather and to meet up with our friend Scott from Milwaukee.

Scott also has an Island Packet 380. We met him a couple of years ago when we sailed to Milwaukee for a long weekend. He also left the cold last year to sail south. He took the Tennessee river route and left later in the year than us. We were finally able to meet up with him in Nassau.

We left Nassau Monday morning and headed northwest to the Berry Islands. Our goal was to get to the northern end of the chain and hang out in Great Harbor Cay for a few days. It was too far to make in a day so we stopped at Chub Cay in the southern Berry’s for the night. The next day we sailed to Bullock Harbor, on Great Harbor Cay, in the Berry Islands, to camp out.

Today we took the dingy to the town dock. The dock was busy because during the night the mail boat arrived to deliver supplies to the town. Royal Caribbean’s Coco Cay is next to Great Harbor, and there was a fair amount of supplies being reloaded onto smaller boats and brought over to Coco.

Coco cay appears to be one of the larger employers here. During shift change there are many commuter boats bringing employees to and from Coco Cay.

While we were walking around, we noticed a car in the middle of a pond. It looked like something you’d see in the Dukes of Hazard. For the life of me, I couldn’t figure out how the car got where it was. In Chicago, I’d guess they drove out on the ice and fell through. I can assure you, that didn’t fall through the ice. I stopped in a restaurant for conch salad and the guy making it explained how it happened. Take a look at the picture and let me know if you figure it out. The first to figure it out, come on down and I’ll buy you a Kalik Gold.

We also walked to the marina and later to the beach and a restaurant bar on the beach.

Tomorrow, we start heading back towards Nassau. Another cold front is scheduled to hit Friday night.