Happy New Year

We celebrated New Year’s Eve today with dinner at Tiny’s Hurricane Hole in Thompson Bay, along with Jean & Michael and Dee & Ron. Good food with good friends. Of course, since we are cruisers, we were back on the boat by shortly after sunset. There is an old joke that 9:00 pm is cruisers’ midnight. That certainly does apply to us. 

We left Little Exuma early yesterday morning in order to get through the shallow Comer Channel by mid-tide. Once we arrived at Thompson Bay in mid-morning we gathered our trash and walked the mile from the cove where we tied our dinghy to the trash cans near Basil’s dock. The dock has still not been repaired so our options for accessing the shore remain limited. We met Jean, Michael, Dee, and Ron near Hillside Food Supply and agreed with their suggestion to get lunch before doing our food shopping. Sou’ Side was not yet open but we went to sit in the shade on Sou’ Side’s deck while we waited to see if they would open. Before too long Vanessa pulled up and made lunch for us. It had been over three weeks since we had eaten out and it was a treat not to have to prepare the food or do the dishes. After lunch we went back to Hillside, bought our groceries, then walked the mile back to our dinghies. 

                                       Jean, Michael, Dee, and Ron with George and me at Tiny’s Hurricane Hole. 

                                                                             Sunset in Thompson Bay.