week up date

Wednesday the 18^th we continued our stay at Sampson Cay and spent an exhausting day on a small beach on the west side of the island. Lunch was a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (which Joyce prepared prior to our short dingy ride to the beach. We returned to the boat to enjoy yet another great sunset.

Thursday we traveled a short distance to the national park at Warderick Wells and anchored on a “mooring ball” inside the park. The park has strict rules of no fishing or picking up any shells inside the park. We were entertained by watching some fish and hiking some trails although Joyce and Keith did more hiking than me.  I did manage to make it to “BOO BOO Hill” where you can look out and see both the bank side and Ocean side of the island.

We left the park Friday and headed to Compass Cay for an overnight in the marina and a chance to feed the sharks one more time. Lunch was at the marina under a small grass roof with the only item on the menu a cheeseburger, but it tasted great as all the food has in the Bahamas. We sat on the dock in chairs and watched another water sunset.

Saturday we traveled to Staniel Cay but only stayed long enough to have lunch. The wind was starting to change to the west and with no break wall at the marina they said we would have to leave early on Saturday. We decided to head back to Sampson instead of heading out in the morning.  We spent the rest of the day and Sunday watching the wind blow and rain shower.

Joyce caught a boat shuttle early Monday morning to Staniel Cay; she flew back to Houston via a connection in Ft. Lauderdale. It was sad to see her go but she needed to get back. With Joyce’s departure it has shifted Capt Keith and I into a delivery mode of getting the boat back to Houston. We moved the boat to Highbourne Cay Marina later Monday morning in some very rough conditions.  Good thing it was only 49 miles but it felt like a 100.

Tuesday we stayed at Highbourne waiting on the wind to die down and doing a couple of boat repairs. Tuesday night was one of the best sunsets we have seen in the Bahamas; no clouds so we got to see it “all the way to the water”. The sunset was followed by a fresh fish dinner of Mahi Mahi and topped off with a desert of “Guava Duff”.

Wednesday we traveled 88 miles and are tied up at Chub Cay Club Marina. We plan to go to Cat Cay tomorrow and lord willing make the Gulf Stream crossing on Friday.

All for now and sorry for no pictures, but the internet is so slow here they will have to wait until we get home.

Later Dan