A big hello to all! Currently we are finishing up a delightful three day stay in Treasure Cay at their marina, on the Great Abaco Island. We left Sea Spray Marina on Tuesday, March 24 and are basically on the move again. We are making our way towards the West End of Grand Bahama Island one more time where we will cross back over the Atlantic around March 31. Ft Pierce, Florida will be our destination next. Our friends Jim and Lisa are on the move also and are paralleling our cruise plan.
Using Skype, an internet video phone system, we just found out while talking to our daughter Carrie that she and her husband Jody are taking her spring break week April 6-10 to drive down and visit us near Daytona, Florida!
We had a great time at Sea Spray. We were happy to see friends Peggy and Bob from their boat ‘Baby Grand’ again, who we originally met in the Florida panhandle.
One of our highlights was seeing the Discovery Space shuttle while on our boat as it traveled over the northern Bahamas on Sunday, March 15. I took photos but I asked a fellow boater, Paul, from the boat Katerina, to lend me his photo as seen above, to put in the blog. What an awesome photo. This was a thrill to see for all of us at the marina! Thank you Paul!
We made new friends with Lew and Florrie from New Jersey on their catamaran named ‘Harmony.’ Linda and Florrie went off painting together and had a great time.
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We certainly had lots of winds at Sea Spray during our month and Linda usually had quite a time getting on and off the boat.
We had a very rainy day once and it was fun to stay inside where Linda made a family favorite; chocolate drop cookies. Linda set up a DVD movie exchange between us and our friends when the rain stopped temporarily so we had a ‘new' movie for the evening, cookies and coffee with Bailey’s added!
One fine day we walked on the beach by our marina where we were told to look for seaglass. We did find several pieces. Seaglass jewelry is popular in the shops here. It takes several years (20+) for pieces of glass to become weathered. And it is becoming more difficult to find it as glass containers are being replaced so much by plastic. The color of the glass can indicate the age of it. Common colors are green, white, and brown. Blue, aqua and pink are older and more rare. Historic and highly prized are the orange and red and gray colors.
Here is a collage of some of the things collected from our exploring days at Sea Spray. Seaglass from the beaches and from the water, the sea biscuits, and the bougainvillea flower from beautiful bushes growing around the pool.
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Lisa and Jim joined us for the Bahamian feast night.
In conclusion, here are two more photos taken while staying at Sea Spray. First, A quaint view of a side street in Hope Town.
Second, the humor of a road sign. Linda was going “That Way” at the time!
Playing Tourist in Treasure Cay. March 24-27
Our marina here at Treasure Cay is pretty and has all the amenities. Water, electric, cable and high speed wireless internet! Treasure Cay is located on the Great Abaco Island.
Treasure Cay boasts of one of the top ten beautiful beaches in the world and the best in the Caribbean! We couldn’t get enough of looking at nature’s colors!
Today (March 26) we made it our top priority to spend the whole day on this beach. We found sand dollars, star fish and a conch! Look closely and see if you can find the eyes on the conch animal inside his shell! Click on the picture to enlarge! We gently threw him back in!
Here is a photo of Charlie looking for more shells at low tide. In the background you’ll see a mammoth rock. Named “Don’t Rock, it is well known in the area and is mentioned on all the charts of this area for being a treacherous area to go near on boat. We are going through the Don’t Rock passage in the morning on our way back to West End. Wish us luck!
We’ll touch base again in a week or two when we’re back in the good ol’ U.S. of A.
Sincerely,
Linda and Charlie
Using Skype, an internet video phone system, we just found out while talking to our daughter Carrie that she and her husband Jody are taking her spring break week April 6-10 to drive down and visit us near Daytona, Florida!
We had a great time at Sea Spray. We were happy to see friends Peggy and Bob from their boat ‘Baby Grand’ again, who we originally met in the Florida panhandle.
One of our highlights was seeing the Discovery Space shuttle while on our boat as it traveled over the northern Bahamas on Sunday, March 15. I took photos but I asked a fellow boater, Paul, from the boat Katerina, to lend me his photo as seen above, to put in the blog. What an awesome photo. This was a thrill to see for all of us at the marina! Thank you Paul!
We made new friends with Lew and Florrie from New Jersey on their catamaran named ‘Harmony.’ Linda and Florrie went off painting together and had a great time..JPG)
We certainly had lots of winds at Sea Spray during our month and Linda usually had quite a time getting on and off the boat.We had a very rainy day once and it was fun to stay inside where Linda made a family favorite; chocolate drop cookies. Linda set up a DVD movie exchange between us and our friends when the rain stopped temporarily so we had a ‘new' movie for the evening, cookies and coffee with Bailey’s added!
One fine day we walked on the beach by our marina where we were told to look for seaglass. We did find several pieces. Seaglass jewelry is popular in the shops here. It takes several years (20+) for pieces of glass to become weathered. And it is becoming more difficult to find it as glass containers are being replaced so much by plastic. The color of the glass can indicate the age of it. Common colors are green, white, and brown. Blue, aqua and pink are older and more rare. Historic and highly prized are the orange and red and gray colors.
Here is a collage of some of the things collected from our exploring days at Sea Spray. Seaglass from the beaches and from the water, the sea biscuits, and the bougainvillea flower from beautiful bushes growing around the pool..JPG)
Lisa and Jim joined us for the Bahamian feast night.
In conclusion, here are two more photos taken while staying at Sea Spray. First, A quaint view of a side street in Hope Town.
Second, the humor of a road sign. Linda was going “That Way” at the time!Playing Tourist in Treasure Cay. March 24-27
Our marina here at Treasure Cay is pretty and has all the amenities. Water, electric, cable and high speed wireless internet! Treasure Cay is located on the Great Abaco Island.
Treasure Cay boasts of one of the top ten beautiful beaches in the world and the best in the Caribbean! We couldn’t get enough of looking at nature’s colors! 
Today (March 26) we made it our top priority to spend the whole day on this beach. We found sand dollars, star fish and a conch! Look closely and see if you can find the eyes on the conch animal inside his shell! Click on the picture to enlarge! We gently threw him back in!
Here is a photo of Charlie looking for more shells at low tide. In the background you’ll see a mammoth rock. Named “Don’t Rock, it is well known in the area and is mentioned on all the charts of this area for being a treacherous area to go near on boat. We are going through the Don’t Rock passage in the morning on our way back to West End. Wish us luck!We’ll touch base again in a week or two when we’re back in the good ol’ U.S. of A.
Sincerely,
Linda and Charlie
