Despite all the beautiful sunrises, sunsets, white sand beaches and clear water you can experience in the Bahamas, every once in a while mother nature will throw you a curve. Last Friday night into early Saturday morning we were expecting a "blow" to come through. We knew this well in advance and moved from Warderick Wells on Wednesday to Staniel Cay. Staniel Cay's claim to fame is that part of the James Bond movie Thunderball, the grotto scene in particular, was filmed there. Well, Friday night came and so did the blow. At 3 a.m. I was awakened to strong winds and rain. Sharon had gotten up just before to close a few windows and bring the foredeck cushions in. I returned to bed only to be rudely awakened by even stronger winds with high gusts at 5 a.m. We survived the blow and learned the next morning our buddy boat had dragged their anchor, almost clobbered Big Run but pulled off a miracle of a save. Thanks Rick. We also learned the winds were sustained in the 30-40 MPH range with much higher gusts. It blew so hard that our wind generator went into an automatic self protect mode to prevent it from spinning to fast! What a night!
On Sunday we took advantage of a weather window and traveled 60 miles on the Exuma Sound to George Town. Good news, while in George Town we got our immigration extended to May 15, we may never come home. Just kidding Mom. Now we sit at George Town in Elizabeth Harbour pondering the next blow predicted for Thursday/Friday. I'm just hoping it's not like the last one.
Reflecting back over the last week or so, I pulled out some more photos for everyone to enjoy.
Sunrise at Governors Harbour, Eleuthera Island.
We spotted this bird at Rendezvous Beach, Warderick Wells.
Sharon at Leaf Cay looking for the Iguanas.
Sunrise at Staniel Cay Cut
No, Sharon is not swimming in a very large pool. That is what we have been anchoring in.
Bob and the Iguanas.
The Lizards of Warderick Wells.
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