What a trip so far. After arriving at the Old Bahama Bay Marina we hooked up with Carmen Rolle who is a bus driver for the Grand Bahama Island. He took us all around the island pointing out places of interest and telling us of the Bahamian life. His family has been here forever. For you that have read the Poisionwood Bible, he showed us a Poisionwood tree and explained how a lot of the native plants are used during a nature walk. He introduced us to two local restaurants where we had some of the best local food imaginable. Last night he took us by a local home where an old guy was making conch salad using mollusks we had never heard about. We are still alive this morning and it was the best conch salad we have ever had. John Travolta has a home here. I guess if its good enough for him it’s good enough for us.
After much thought about which way to go (we actually ended further North than originally intended as Steve chose to run for comfort rather than directness when the gulf stream was getting surly coming across) we have decided that we will start with the Abacos cruise—we leave here today or tomorrow and will anchor at Great Sale Cay (uninhabited but world class anchorage and views) and from there make our way to various several day stops at Green Turtle Cay, Spanish, Guana, Marsh Harbor, etc. we will see how long that takes us—I suspect a while—the snapper and grouper fishing is fantastic around those areas and we are looking forward to some of that.
That’s it for now.
Steve, Teresa and Winston
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