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We Are Here--Now What?

George and I put so much thought and effort into our preparations to come to the Bahamas that we didn't think much about what we would be doing once we got here. I am normally a planner but I intentionally wanted to remain flexible with our plans while in the Bahamas. I thought everything would just come together once we got here. We spent a few days at the marina cleaning up and fixing things. We planned to leave the marina the morning after the ARC awards dinner. We didn't plan, however, for the fact that we couldn't check out of the marina until they opened at 11 am (Sunday). Ray suggested we go snorkeling at a nearby reef, then head up to Great Guana Cay to attend the pig roast at Nipper's, and spend the night at a mooring in the harbor. Sounds like a plan. Unfortunately, by the time we left the dock after checking out it was low tide. Since there was a full moon the tide was unusually low. We went aground about 50 ft from our slip and had to wait 3 long hours before the tide came in. No time for snorkeling. We went to Great Guana Cay, picked up a mooring and got ready to dinghy ashore. Except, the dinghy won't start. Ugh. George rowed the dinghy to the dinghy dock, we walked, then got a ride in a golf cart to Nipper's and learned that we missed the pig roast. We ordered off of the menu (it was actually very good) and enjoyed the view of the full moon over the ocean.
The next day we motored 4 hours to Sandy Cay for some snorkeling. We had to anchor on the side of the island opposite the reef. Because the dinghy outboard wouldn't start we weren't able to get to the reef where the fish were plentiful. Ray did see a large lobster and was followed by a large barracuda. Yikes!  We have photos but I can't get them to upload so that I can attach them.
We spent a peaceful night at anchor and came back to the marina so we could drop Ray off to catch his flight home. We also want to get the dinghy motor fixed.
We have a vague plan for what we will do once the motor is fixed. A plan with some flexibility. We are hoping that is the ticket.





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