Grand Bahama

Well, we've been in Port Lucaya now for more than a month and we are ready to move on. Not that we don't like the place (we love it here), but we are ready to see more of the Bahamas.

People here are really wonderful, absolutely the friendliest we've found (they may actually tie with New Zealanders for my vote on most friendly people). They'll go out of their way to help you or make sure you are enjoying your stay. One day we took a 30 minute bus ride to the Lucayan National Park and arranged to be picked up by the bus at 5pm. At 5:20 our bus driver Jan showed up in a taxi, profusely apologizing because she'd gotten a flat tire and wasn't there on time. She didn't want to leave us out in the middle of nowhere so she borrowed her dad's taxi to come get us! And it's not just people in the tourism industry, either. Everyone is nice. It must be ingrained in the kids when they're young. We were mini-golfing one day when a schoolbus stopped nearby. All the kids were hanging out the windows and shouting and waving at us and as the bus pulled away one of them yelled, "Good afternoon!" Now, if this had happened in America, I'm sure the kids would've yelled something but I doubt it would've been "Good afternoon".

Well we are trying to take care of some business (taxes, wedding proofs, updating our new blog) while we are waiting for the next weather window to make a run for the Berry Islands about 60 miles south of here. Last week it was windy with a lot of rain, which meant we spent quite a bit of time on the boat. We mostly did tax stuff and watched movies, specifically films that one or the other of us had never seen. This meant Kevin had to sit through "Dirty Dancing" while I had to undergo "RoboCop". After watching them both even Kevin had to admit that "Dirty Dancing" is the better film, and we agree that both of us prefer Jennifer Grey's original nose.

Anyway the weather has cleared up and it looks like tomorrow will be the day we'll take off for the Berry Islands, Kevin's going over the charts as I type. We'll try to keep the blog updated every couple of days to let you all know where we are and what's going on.