We're still in Great Guana Cay , Tropical Storm B... is blowing 40knots + winds and we're tied down in a marina and chillin' .Not much we can do than wait it out , read a book , enjoy internet and get ready for the long treck home . The weather will be fair next week , so we decided to cross the gulfstream from West End , which will bring us far up the Floridsa East Coast , but that way we'll make it in time so Cindy can see off her son.
I'm totally lived into my new lifestyle , every day we have to make decisions about our next move , I'm calling them " Decision 2010 " ,and all of them follow a simple pattern : Either I AM happy, or I am NOT happy ... And so I have to make my choices accordingly . Life is simple .....
I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving : To reach the port of heaven , we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it... but we must sail, and not drift , nor lie at anchor.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Little Harbor - Turnaround point !!!!
Little Harbor , a tiny artist community at the end of the world - ahem I mean Abacos - surely let’s the creative juices flow . A perfectly protected natural harbor , complete with caves on a cliff wall , a perfect halfmoon palm beach ,the sound of the atlantic surf in the distant , wow ,what an awesome place . And to think that only 50 years ago a family arriving on their schooner claimed this place as their home , the first inhabitants of a gem untouched.
We’ve been here for 5 days now and we start to know the few locals by name .The wind has been howling ever since our arrival , but we were able to explore Old Johnston’s Bight in the Lee of the island .Thanks to Charlie , an old Bahamian Lobster fisher from Grand Cay ,we actually found the Blue Holes there .
We had Internet for 24 hours, so we touched base with friends and family . Talked to my parents and both my kids on Skype , and even though the connection got interrupted quite a few times , you must admit it was awesome to see them from this isolated spot in the world.
We had plenty of time to do some reading ,and the little girl in me actually painted a watercolor of Hopetown .It was the first time in 20 years that she had a chance to play and I’m truly inspired.
Little Harbor is the turnaround point of our trip and it’s unbelievable to imagine that 5 weeks have passed. We’re hoping to make landfall on Florida’s coast around the 29th , so Cindy can go and see her son off to his 3rd trip to Afghanistan . I guess being out on the ocean makes one realize how precious our time on this planet is and we get our priorities straight.
I’m sure we’ll be back in Marathon before school starts , but for now I’m gonna look forward to do some more exploring and sail the crap out of this boat , for turnaround point on this journey also promises down-wind sailing -Yeah !!!!!
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