Nice to relax in a bit of luxury for a pauper's price. After we washed every piece of cloth on the boat, Lex and I hit the grocery store as we heard that the owner announced they were going out of business and everything was 30% off. We loaded two carts and re-provisioned for the next few weeks. We're definitely getting quite good at buying what is cheap and making the nickles count. We spend much less here in the Bahamas than we did in the ICW. (good thing! this could have been a very short trip!) Even though groceries are very expensive, we are spending less. No eating out, very little diesel as we sail everywhere we go. All of the re-fit expense is gone. The boat has what it needs and it seems the biggest expense now is dinghy gas! The dinghy gets used like a family car and eats gas like there is no tomorrow! It's great having the power and lightweight of the two stroke engine, but the gas consumption is much higher than our pals with the heavier 4 strokes. We never noticed this in the States, as you don't tend to travel 6 miles in a day in your dinghy.
T and I are sitting in the clubhouse here at the Marina while Liza and Lex are on the boat. T is doing his homework, and I am boring all of you. I just noticed signs that were printed this morning and laid out on all surfaces...."All Children must be Supervised when in the Clubhouse at all times.....blah...blah..." There are five kid boats here all at once and I think the Sandals management is a bit freaked out by all of the rugrats. Some of them are not quite the angels that the Schnauck children are. ;-)
Met a few new folks last night, one guy is a commercial salmon fisherman from Alaska, he just bought a 45' Leopard cat from a government repossession website and will live half the year aboard in the warm, and summer fishing in Alaska. Pretty cool.
Time to review Tyler's schoolwork. More later.
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| The kids helping our friends 3@Sea tie up |
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