We continue to head south in the Exumas. As you can see by our Spot at the end of my message, we are in the Exuma's Park. We have found as we head south it just gets better. The water gets clearer and it gets warmer. Please don't tell my dermatologist but Elyse mentioned tonight that I was getting "brown as a berry". I love the weather. When I retired I told people I was looking forward to not wearing socks. At this point I only put on shoes for special occations.
I thought I would tell you how we spend a typical day. I jump out of bed at 6:30 am to listen to Chris Parker on our SSB High Frequency radio. He gives the weather forecast. Because we have paid him after the forecast is given we can call and ask specific advice about where we want to sail to next. So far we haven't used that because there is usually someone else in our area who has asked that question. I record the broadcast on a small tape recorder for Elyse to listen to later. While I listen to the broadcast I put away last nights dishes and make coffee. I also take down our LED mast light and put up our American flag.
Elyse and I then sit in the cockpit drink our coffee and listens to the recording of the weather broadcast. Elyse records the predicticions in a notebook for later reference. This is also a good time for us to plan our next several days. One of the great things about living on the boat is we have no time schedule. As far as possible we are commited not to travel unless the weather is good.
After our cereal we take Moose ashore in our dingy. It is our "car" and we have become dependent on it. The other day we towed another boat dingy over a mile back to it's boat. Touch wood, ours has been great and reliable. When we get back from our mourning outing we try to do a couple of boat chores. It may involve cleaning or fixing things. I built a step the other day so that it is easier to get out of the dingy into the the boat.
Then we relax. Most days we read. We have two bags of books. One to be read and the other we have finished. Elyse is way ahead of me and usually I read something she has recommended. I finished Bill Bryson"s Short History of Nearly Everything. Most days it's a mystery.
In the afternoon we often have "lunch". It's not like it used to be. Often we split and apple and cut up some cheese. Many days we don't eat anything till dinner. Depending on where we are we then go on an adventure. That may mean a longer dingy trip to see something special or go ashore to hike a trail. Our first stop after leaving Nassau was at Allen's Cay. It consisted of 3 small islands. Two of them have tons of Iguana. When you would go ashore at least 30 of them would run down to the beach looking for food. We made that trip without Moose. The third island was such that Moose could go ashore do get his exercise and do his business
In any case, Moose is taken ashore about 4 pm each day. We then return to the boat where we have a drink and watch the sunset. Many of the cruisers have horns made from Conch shells and they will play around the anchorage. We then have dinner, clean up and most nights are in bed reading by 8 pm. Tonight I am between books and may watch a movie.
It's hard to believe how out of touch we are getting. I just found out who is in the Super Bowl yesterday on the 28th of January.
Yesterday we moved the boat to the place that they filmed the James Bond movie Thunderball. Last night we swam under the rocks among the fish into the "grotto". It was a dome with light coming through the top. Pretty spectacular.
I hope your life is good.
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