The cloudy skies are from all the smoke of the brush fires, the strong winds today whipped up more trouble and the fires are approaching the airport.
We hunkered down (below) for a good part of today. Lots still to do to get ready for Jay and Pegg AND the smoke and soot were a lot worse than yesterday. Dan worked on re-aligning our shaft as it was off just a little. Unfortunately when we went to test it (starting the engine and engaging both forward and reverse) the tide was very low and we were sitting on the bottom. There seemed to be less vibration, but its hard to tell without really putting it through its paces. I used some of the "resident" mint and purchased parsley to make taboule and also roasted a large pork loin that had been around long enough.
By 3 we needed a break and took a walk in the other direction from yesterday's walkabout. We visited the marina that houses The Moorings charter boats, picked up a brochure and took a look at a few of the boats. Our family has been urging us to move Camp PaHaGaCo aboard a couple of boats in the BVI next summer, and so we thought we'd see what the boats they have now are like and also whether the Bahamas might be a good alternative. Still in the VERY rough stage of planning! We even went aboard a 46' catamaran. I just don't know!! WWR (my dad) would be rolling over in his grave!
As we were getting ready for our evening swim Roger and Patty Martin came walking down our dock. Roger is the designer of the Presto 30 mentioned earlier and they have been sailing #1 throughout the Bahamas for the last two months. A very nice couple and we hope to see more of them and get a chance to see their boat in the near future. We were already scheduled to have dinner at Andiamo and Pekabu III's marina so couldn't even invite them aboard for a drink.
Dinner at the Abaco Beach and Resort was quite elegant and very tasty, especially all the wonderful homemade breads they served. Kathy mentioned that she had "googled" Eleuthera and the Glass Window and learned all about the history of it, so I did the same when we got back. One of the bits of info I gleaned was that Winslow Homer painted it in 1885. So this is what it looked like before the natural bridge was worn away by the mighty Atlantic. ~~~_/)~~~M&D
The Glass Window by Winslow Homer
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