Rum and Island exploring..............

Sarah and Dave in front and Capt.Dave in back

Between yesterday and today it has been very interesting to say the least. We have been socializing with cruisers we've met along the way and new friends we've made here in GHC since we started coming three years ago.
New cruising friends Dave and Sarah left yesterday to go back to Halifax where they live, so we went to the Beach Bar which is perfectly planted right across the road from the airport to have some rum drinks and beer with them for a few hours while they waited for the plane. This was a great time just sitting and laughing about all the fun stuff we have done this past week with them. The view is just breathtaking and we pinch ourselves every time we stop there.

Today we got together with Jeff,Lana,Jim and Sue all homeowners here to dinghy to a remote island called Haines Cay and explore the beaches for treasures.




 We had to take the dinghy up into some mangroves and find a path that has been taken over by the mangroves, then once we found the dinghy spot we had to find the path to the top of a range which was very challenging but we found it and Jon marked all spots so we could find our way back to the dinghy later on.

While we were walking the far side of the island we noticed some kite-surfers rounding the Cay  and thought this was funny as hell because its such a far distance from anywhere. These guys surfed right up on the beach with in ten feet of me and sat down for a break. I said where the hell did you come from and they just laughed and said they flew into the airport on GHC and would go all the way around the Islands in this area and have a small boat pick them up on the backside to get them back to the airport to fly out later. Very Cool.........................    

Relaxing ....

Jeff coming to play with us.

Jon snorkeling

the catch of the day

Nice place to swim

Lots of hiding places

Lion fish-they get killed first thing.

Merry Christams 2012

We had a great Christmas Dinner at Jeff and Lana's house last night. Her table arrangement was beautiful and the food was outstanding. We are all blessed with what we have and we do know it......

Blue-Christmas eve

The Libby Family in Connecticut

Our kids- Jill,Jeremy and Amy

Christmas Day at Jeff and Lana's house

Just hanging

We have had a cold front go through so we have been doing some visiting and site seeing these past two days with friends on the island.






We were invited last night to a birthday party for Mark who owns and lives on this tugboat. Sara had two play mates for the day and Blue even got down to check things out for a bit. Marks tug is very cool and has lots of living room. We brought Haufmann hotdogs(a Syracuse hotdog) over and they were a huge hit, so much Mark is ordering 30lbs for the next party.







We went snorkeling yesterday on a plane wreck which was very interesting and reminded us of some of our trips to the Caribbean diving years ago.

The end of the world never came..........So I guess I can keep writing....

The marina had their Christmas Party last night and invited all of the cruisers to attend. The problem was it started after 8 pm and most of us were ready for bed before we even got there. We all had a fun time and hitched a ride back to the marina from Denise a landowner.


We have been to a few beaches and found that Sandy really made a mess of my favorite ones. While at the beach today Sara caught five crabs and only one got away.
 





We bought bikes in the states and have been riding around the island this week which is a lot of fun and good for our health, so this will be our means of transportation for now.

Jon has been having fun with his friends here working on motors and boats whenever he gets a chance.