2001 - 6 -26 - 6/28 - Nassau

Tuesday, 6/26 Cloudy, intermittent rain and storms.  According to the Bahamas weather bureau, we are experiencing the passing of two tropical waves. Gee, are we lucky.We ‘bused’ it to the Pirate’s museum. A very interesting place and a new

Black Beard & crew boarding a ship

Marooned

attraction. We spent hours wandering around and taking many pictures. Afterwards we just wandered around town looking for a happy hour at a liquor store but, unfortunately, they were

Anne Bonny & Mary Reed - 1720

closed. Wayne satisfied his ice cream fix while I visited some dress shops.Back at the marina, we met our neighbors, Tom and Kathy from Pittsburgh aboard their 46-ft Bertram.They’ve been at this marina for months.He sold his business – made a few million- retired and bought this fishing boat. They haven’t got a clue what to do.They hired a local guy as a “captain” who is supposedly teaching them all there is to know. Such innocents and so unaware…We also met Irwin and Suzie, an older couple, cruising aboard a beautiful Viking motor yacht. They live in Florida around Boca and came over to see Molly. They had Doxies are really adored Molly. I really enjoyed these two warm and caring people. Anyway, we all gravitated to the Bertram for rinds, finger food, jokes and good conversation. Meanwhile, a huge thunderstorm came through and we were all trapped up on the fly-bridge. Lots of lightening!  It was scary! We stayed till it quit raining around midnight. Wednesday, 6/27  Getting ready to leave tomorrow.
We went to the grocery store and bought a new cutting board for the galley. It’s still cloudy with intermittent rain but the wind is down and the, forecast good…    We moved to Nassau Harbor Club Marina so we could use the pool and it’s been miserable since we arrived. Invited Gary and Tammy for a Dolphin dinner. They were getting ready to leave too and they worked on their boat all day. They arrived a little later than planned, but we had drinks at the pool then dinner. They brought fresh shrimp – yummy!  It was yet another remarkable evening. Thursday, 6/28  I took the boat out of the slip! Yes, me. I could see how proud Wayne was, made me very happy. I took the boat all the way out through the harbor as Wayne made BLUE MAX ready for open water. I put trolling lines out hoping for another Dolphin.  Bummer, no luck