Paradise Island Harbour Resort - All Inclusive

... anchorage closer to Little Harbor so that we could "Zoom" in. From our anchorage on Lynyard we were about three miles away and .... No way .... Did we trust the Zoom to get us there and back across the fairly exposed water. The seas were up and breaking over the reefs sending 3-4' swells across the open water. When we got down to Little Harbor ...

... were breaking along the reefs! We had 4-6' rollers coming in on our beam. One of the rollers caught us broadside and rolled the boat starboard to port .... We heard my "garage" (aft cabin) banging and clanking as stuff was getting tossed around. For the first time, my books on the port side came flying out of the bookshelf onto the settee. Nothing major, just a lot of noise that makes you cringe. Spindrift is ...

... and tugging we've done on the boat.....I doubt we're a pound lighter! Ah well, life is good! Cruisers Net Our routine is set ... each morning at 8:15 we will turn on Channel 68 to listen to the Cruiser's Net. Patty from Marsh Harbor is still hosting this program and it's run by volunteers, many cruisers who are down for the winter. First thing they do is provide comprehensive weather reports - both for crossing ...

... we heard a beautiful song and looked up in the tree and there was my prior nemesis - The Bananaquit! They really are pretty little birds and have a beautiful song. It has a very delicate trill and I would recognize it anywhere. I didn't see them flocking at the Park Office so maybe they are sitting on their eggs in the trees. Anyway we haven't announced "we're back" so they don't know to come and visit. Hopefully ...

... swimming in the shallow waters. We walked over to the other side of the island to the Exuma Sound to a beautiful beach. The path was lined with conch shells. Then came back for a quick swim in the "blue hole". The tide had gone out so we had to walk the dinghy across the shallows to get back to the deep water to our boat. Could almost walk to the boat! Dave picked up a ...

... up again. All I could do was to hang on, keep the boat pointed into the waves and get the headsail furled. I kept the helm until we came through this mess. What seemed like an hour was actually only about 15 minutes - but the most intense 15 minutes I've spent on this boat (until the end of the day.......). Dave took the helm once we cleared the whitewater and were in water too deep for a boat depth reading. In 15 minutes we had traveled from ...

... Later we dined on "cheesebergers in paradise" and fell into really bed early!! Friday was spent installing a new pump for the head. Oh, Joy in paradise!! This evening we went to the resort welcome party and had free drinks and hors d'overs and a great Bahamian band. We met with other cruisers on Sea Mist a Tayana 37 which came in today from Marathon Key and we are planning to head for Great Sale Cay memory Rock with them tomorrow.

... meeting new people? I felt the cold October air of New York on my skin while taking the airport bus when in one moment a gorgeous bright nice looking girl went on the bus. She was wearing a perfect combination of elegant jacket and jeans that covered a beautiful soul. She took a seat in a way our eyes could meet, I have notice she is looking at me so I did the same. My eyes met hers and a big smile flooded my face. She then looked a bit embarrassed ...

... SHUTUP we are on vacation. ok so that's not how it happened. But it sounds good but you must that was way better than simply saying we were awaken the incessant ringing of a Tele. Ok so we can't make it boring no matter how hard we try). Anyways after we awoke we headed to the buffet line for breakfast stood their longer than the 9 minutes to get our food because people cruises are slow and stupid (i ...

... Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort on Paradise Island. To reach it, there was a road bridge from Nassau, we didn't even have to catch a boat. Our room overlooked Paradise Island Harbor and there was a small man-made beach by the hotel. Palm trees held hammocks, but that was the only shade provided, there were no umbrellas for the sun loungers by the pool or on the beach. One day we took a boat trip to one of the other islands, Rose Island. The weather ...