Back at a Beautiful Marina

The trek back begins and we are again at Sampson Cay Marina, one of our favorite spots.  The wait has again begun for a break in the fronts.  Most boats are hunkering down for tonight's blow which might get up to 40 knots.    We feel lucky to be tied to a dock.  Here are some pics from recent days.

The word was that we had to eat at Lorraine's restaurant in Black Point on Great Guana Cay.  So we did.  Along with Lorraine came her very assertive granddaughter.  By the way, the red snapper was fresh and good and the Kalik beer was cold.

Also at Black Point was a man building a racing boat.  It caught our interest and he waved us over for a look.  It has a mahogany and fir frame with a pine keel.  All will be epoxied and painted.  Races at a big sport here and this man had won the last big race with another of his boats.  Bahamians are such friendly people.  We feel so welcomed here.

Tango has not used his bed in weeks.  This day he chose to sleep in my bread basket.  He just fits.  Other places of interest for him are on top of the dvd player, on top of the computer and in the middle of the nav table.  None of these places are to the liking of his owners.

We went to lunch at a place that feeds nurse sharks around their docks.  It is quite a sight and one can swim with them.  We didn't.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

It was nice to be with friends from Oriental for a brief time.   Left to right:  Mary Ann Parham, Joyce Russell and Tom Russell.  We ate lunch together and did a little beach walking.  Then Mary Ann went back to Calculation; she was on a mooring near Cambridge Cay and we and the Russells returned to Sampson Cay marina.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Once in a while we look at a picture and think:  yes, this is why we came, a white beach, unbelievably blue water, and warm weather.  This is worth all the crazy fronts and wild winds.  This is the beautiful Bahamas.