Getting Closer To Home

Hello Friends,

This is a quick update before our internet runs out.  Probably the next one you receive will be from the states.  We received the new motor for the windlass.  It was held up at customs so we walked about 2 miles each way to pick it up to get it to the fellow who was going to hook it all together.  It turns out because of Easter weekend and his busy schedule we didn't get it until yesterday.  We spent much of the day installing it.  We had to take some switches apart and clean contacts etc, etc.

This morning we were rewarded when the anchor came up without difficulty and we left Marsh Harbor and motored over to Green Turtle Cay.  We went into town and used the last of our Bahamian money for lunch.  Our plan is to leave early tomorrow and take two days to go to Great Sale Cay.  We think the weather will be right to take off for the states on Saturday.  As a matter of fact it may be good enough that we are hoping to sail to Charleston.  The wind should be out of the east and with the help of the Gulf Stream we should make good time.  If it is really going well we may keep going.  Our weather guy, Chris Parker, advised this morning to get off the ocean by Tuesday. We will have to see.

I think we are both ready to get "home".  We stopped at a grocery store here and started to buy some ginger snaps.  They were $9.35 for a box.  We figured we could wait.  We will let you know when we are back online, probably when our phones get activated.  I'm going to close so we can put everything back in the vee berth which we emptied out to repair the windlass.  We still have a lot of food left.  We look forward to talking to you soon.

Our love from Spunky,

John & Elyse