Tuesday
June 10th
location - Chub Cay Club
Fishing Boats
a
day of Dinghy Trips
Sunken Ship
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In
Port - Chub Cay Club Marina (
242-422-7183 ) ..
.. we had another Sunny, bright and hot
day .. good day for the Bimini Top on
the Dinghy .. at first light the
Fisherman are heading out, probably
looking for more dolphin and a number of
large Boats headed to Nassau .. both
Marv and Betty were able to get on
Skype for the first time since leaving
Bimini .. Marv contacted Marinas and
Betty was able to talk to her Mother and
children ..
..
Marv splashed the Dinghy and
today
was a day to explore area waters by
Dinghy .. we took in Queens Beach,
Diamond Rock, Rum Cay, a Sunken
Ship that had sunk while delivering
a load of sand to Chub .. we went up
into a Creek for quite a ways, till
the water got too shallow, then we
beached the Dinghy and Betty and
Mary Kay were able to look around
for any interesting items .. another
bag of items went back to the Boats
..
..
we
used the Viewing Bucket and were
able to see, several Rays, Turtles,
many different kinds of Fish and a
lot of different colors of Coral ..
much to the girls dismay there were
Sea Biscuits they weren’t able to
retrieve .. Marv offered to hold
them by their ankles but they were
not at all interested ..
..
Marv had also talked to the
Dockmaster about Sand Dollar Hill
and he gave us a location but we
were unable to find what we thought
would be the right place .. the area
is only exposed during low Tide and
supposed to be just LOADED with
Shells .. needless to say the girls
were not happy ..
..
when Marv went 'trolling' on the
Docks he talked to a
neighboring Boater who later brought
us over about 6 lbs of Dolphin all
filleted and packaged up .. Marv put
the Dolphin into smaller bags with
water and froze most of it .. we had
been wanting fresh Fish and were
unable to find it in Bimini due to
the high winds .. ie the Fishermen
just did not go out ..
..
John and Mary Kay prepared dinner on
their boat .. we had grilled
burgers, rice, salad, and was Marv
excited as Mary had made Cornbread
.. everything was just yummy and
thennnnnn you guessed it .. YUP 3
dippers each of Strawberry Ice Cream
while the girls enjoyed their 'diet'
Jell-O ..
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Wednesday
June 11th
location - Chub Cay Club
a
few of the treasures
Autumn says I think I am missing
Docktails
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In
Port - Chub Cay Club Marina (
242-422-7183 ) ..
.. Chub
Cay Club is a large marina with floating
docks and slips large enough to
accommodate most any large Boats .. it
is a beautiful Marina with good
amenities .. the had no Diesel or
Gasoline for sale .. the Ship Store had
almost no merchandise, the Gift Shop has
only a few items .. there is an area for
transient workers which was virtually
empty, there is a Church, laundry,
shower house and store .. the Staff is
very friendly and helpful .. Dockage was
$2.80 per foot plus electric at 45.00
day and water at 40 cents a gallon ..
..
another beautiful sunny day .. Marv and
John are busy changing our route to take
in a day on the Island of Andros before
we head to Nassau .. we have not been
there so will be an new experience for
all of us .. we got a Golf Cart for
half a day and set off to see the Island
by land .. we found the Airport and
headed right to the Beaches where Betty
and Mary Kay lost no time heading down
to the Shore .. Mary Kay got so many she
couldn’t carry them in her arms and
pockets were bulging .. she was so
excited as she found her first Sea
Biscuit .. Betty wanted to cool off so
she went out a little ways from Shore
and the resident Ray didn’t want to
share so she came back a whole lot
faster than she went out ..
.. the
girls spent the afternoon doing laundry
and working about the Boats and the Guys
got right on their computers ..
.. last
evening we contacted a native person
about bringing us some Fish for dinner
this evening, he came but wanted $40.00
for it .. Marv shook his head and said
NO .. sooooo we thawed out some of the
Dolphin that our neighbor had given us
.. Marv marinated it and John cooked it
on his Grill .. was just yummy! .. Betty
made Oatmeal Raisin Cookies and the Guys
had their usual 3 dippers of Carmel
Cheesecake while the girls had their
diet Jell-O .. another great day !! ..
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Thursday
June 12th
Travel - Chub Cay to Andros
Conching
on Andros
Betty afloat
GB Packer Bar - Andros
Root Beer Float on the Hook
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Travel -
Chub Cay
Club to Andros - 16 Nautical Miles.. Morgans Bluff
Anchorage ..
.. we
departed
from Chub Cay Club at 7:50 am .. Sunny
with stiff breeze and we were greeted
with 3 footers on the Port Side so we
rocked and rolled all the way .. once we
made it to the Harbor it was well
marked and we dropped the Hook in
about 8 ft of water at 9:15 am ..
splashed the dinghy right away as John
was having issues with his anchor .. he
said a breaker kept clicking off .. we
had a brief but hard rain shower, by the
time Betty was got the windows and
doors closed it was finished, .. Marv
had the Dinghy out so he got a fresh
water shower .. Autumn was not happy and
was sitting on Betty's feet ..
..
Betty and
Mary Kay see beaches !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
..
Andros
has an interesting history, it is
believed the first settlers were
Seminole and escaped slaves from
Florida who paddled their Canoes across
the Florida Straits .. the Island has
many legends as the Chickcharnie ( a red
eyed elf like creature with 3 fingers
and 3 toes with a tail to hang from
trees .. it is said if you make one
angry it will turn your head around
backward .. I am sure not going looking
for one ..
..
on the
way into the Harbor we noted a small
skiff with 2 native men loading
something into their Boat, as we got
closer we could see they were Conch tied
together, in groups of 3, they collect
them all week and store them by the
Breakwall and on Boat Day they collect
them put them in Crates and ship them to
Nassau .. they sell them for 2.00 each
.. the Island has over 400 blue holes
and so much fresh water they export it
to Nassau to assist with their water
needs .. the beautiful printed material
batik Androsia is manufactured and sold
through out the Islands .. the Island
produces large amounts of fruits and
vegetables, which is sold mostly in
Nassau .. we took the dinghy to shore so
Autumn could potty and watched the
supply boats load and unload .. we
filled the Dinghy with gasoline at $5.79
a .gallon .. Betty and Mary Kay checked
out the beach while Marv took pictures
.. there was not even 1 shell .. the
waters were so choppy we didn’t take the
Dinghy exploring ..
..
Marv and
John made plans for dinner at “Angie's”
.. Chris that drove us to Angie's
stopped at a Green Bay Packer Bar on our
way .. the Owner / Developer was from
Green Bay Wisconsin .. small World ..
the food at Angie's was excellent ..
Mary Kay and the guys had Grouper and
Betty had Cracked Lobster and her usual
Kalik and large glass of ice ..
YMMMMMMMM ..
..
we
returned to boats and was nearly dark,
loaded the Dinghy in the wind making
it a little more difficult than usual ..
latter Marv relaxed and enjoyed his 3
dippers and Betty got out her diet
Jell-O ..
.. the
winds picked up ( 20 plus knots ) during the
night and we rocked and rolled all night
..
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Friday
June 13th
Travel - Andros to Atlantis
Atlantis Marina
Nassau
Atlantis home
land of Mega Yachts
Tim Russert died
today
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Travel
-
Morgans Bluff, Andros
to
Atlantis Marina . Nassau, Providence
Island
.. 40 Nautical Miles ..
..
Friday the 13th ..
UUUFFFDDAAA
!! what a day ..
.. and FRIDAY the 13th it was !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .. we
both Boats pulled our Anchors and were
underway at 6:45 am .. skies partly cloudy
and very breezy .. and right out of the
Harbor area we went and were greeted with 6
footers .. Marv felt it might settle down as
we got further from land .. haha
they increased to at least 8 foot at times with a 26 knot wind
coming right at our Port Bow .. we pitched,
yawed, rocked and rolled till everything we
hadn’t put on the floor or tied shut went
flying .. about 15 miles out Johns Dinghy
came loose on one end so we stopped and
idled till he was able to secure it .. we
took it a little slower the rest of the way
arriving at Nassau Harbor ( land of many
Mega Yachts ) around 1:30 pm ..
even Autumn got sea sick with the rocking
and rolling .. she was unable to find a
place to sit or lay where she wasn’t rolled
around .. Marv says he is just SHOT and got
a coke and fired up his Computer and Betty
started to clean up some of mess .. we had
rocked and rolled all night so should have
known it would be a bad day on the water ..
.. John and Mary Kay hung right in there .. their boat was
bounced like a top right along behind us ..
when we talked about the day over dinner I
think John might have LIKED it ..
.. Marv had Dee Light washed as she was just caked with salt ..
John did his own as he has a Power Sprayer
.. after we were docked we heard over the TV
that Tim Russert died today .. he apparently
had a heart attack .. we have really enjoyed
him on the news and ‘Meet The Press’ .. he
always seemed like a kind man always smiling
.. he will be missed for a good long time ..
.. after our clean up we went for a walk around the Marina ..
John and Marv were like kids in a candy
shop, they looked and drooled over the Boats
in the Harbour all the way around ..
.. we had a light dinner at a deli near the Casino .. then we
walked around the Shops, and you know it,
they found the Atlantis Ice Cream Shop and
had their usual 3 dippers .. |
Saturday
June 14th
Location - The Atlantis
Atlantis - Water Park
Dinner on the Point
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In
Port -
The
Atlantis
(
242-363-6068 ) ..
.. we
are Docked at a prime location here at
Atlantis .. we are in Slips Number One
and Two at the Marina Entrance thus we
are enjoying a parade of Boats both
going in and out of the Marina as well
as the boating activity on the East -
West Waterway between Nassau and the
Island of New Providence .. this is a
premier Marina .. in addition to all the
other amenities they even have every
Slip hard wired with a direct Internet
Connection ..
.. today
is a beautiful sunny day ! .. Mary Kay
and I took cab to a laboratory right
across the street from Doctors Hospital
to have my PT/ INR drawn, it was very
well organized and very clean, they wont
take anything but cash or credit card,
she just shook her head when I got out
my blue cross cared .. will have results
on Monday ..
.. we
walked on to the Straw Market and Mary
Kay enjoyed the color and business .. we
each got a “knock off” coach bag ( they
look pretty good ) and they tried to
sell us the whole building I got my duty
free spirits that I wanted to take home
.. we took the water taxi back to the
Marina ..
.. Marv
and Betty have a terrible mess going on
Dee Light, somehow the hatch above the
bed in the V-Berth was not latched the
last time that it was opened and with
all the ugly water on Friday the 13th
everything was soaked with salt water ..
many of Marv's books are water soaked
and ruined .. the bed and pillows soaked
.. the carpet soaked, so we spent
a lot of Saturday cleaning and drying,
washing what we can, the rest will have
to wait till we are back to Fort Myers
.. UGGGHHHHH
.. all
of us enjoyed the Water Park and YUP
Marv couldn’t stay off the Leap of
Faith the rest of us with good sense
rode the one with the tubes .. we all
enjoyed the Lazy River it has been
completely redone since we were here in
2005 and a lot of fun .. some of us had
trouble getting our “rear ends” up and
out of the inner tubes ( see photos ) ..
.. we had
dinner at The Point close by the Boats
then scooted over to the Promenade for
the Junkanoo .. It was so much
fun and the best we had ever seen ..
they had probably 20 people in it all of
them in costume and playing some type of
instrument from several drums to a tuba,
trumpet, trombone, cowbells etc .. it
was really neat and THEN John had
chocolate and Marv had rum Raisin .. we
were so tired we did not go near the
Casino and hopped right into bed ..
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Sunday
June 15th
Travel -
Atlantis to Hurricane
Root Beer Float at Atlantis
Dinner at The Poop Deck
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Travel - The
Atlantis to Hurricane Hole Marina
(
242-363-3600 ) ..
.. we
woke up to another beautiful sunny
day .. Marv has been trying to
extend our stay here at Atlantis
Marina for two more days without
much success .. he visits the off
ice several times daily .. this
morning they finally assigned us
different Slips as there was a large
Boat coming in that had reserved our
tie-along spots .. the new Slips
were OH MI GOT $7.00 a foot sooooo
we decided to move our Boats ..
on our way to Hurricane Hole about a
mile to the West we
TRIED to get Fuel at all of the
Nassau Fuel Watering Holes only to
find out that
NASSAU IS OUT OF
FUEL
!! .. so we ended up going to the
Hurricane Hole Marina for a few
nights .. Hurricane Hole has Fuel
but they have a broken Fuel Line
which they don’t know when it will
get repaired .. ie Island Time ..
and we don’t know how much a gallon
it will be .. UGH!!! .. t hey wont
tell you over the Marine Radio ..
..
the
weather doesn't look good for travel
till Wednesday and we sure don’t
need another Friday 13th
.. we stayed on the Boats and did
all our ADL S .. Betty and Marv
worked on putting Dee Light back in
order ..
..
later we all took
a Taxi across the Bridge to the
“Poop Deck” for dinner, it is an
older original restaurant on the
second level overlooking all the
Marinas in the Channel and also has
fabulous food .. then on to the
Casino where Betty left her deposit
right away and Marv proudly carried
his winnings home by way of Marina
Village for the usual 3 dippers for
Marv .. John had only one ???? ..
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Monday
June 16th
Location - Hurricane Hole
view from
the Bridge
Market under the Bridge
Straw Market
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In
Port - Hurricane Hole
(
242-363-3600 ) ..
..
Hurricane Hole is currently being
re-constructed and is in the
demolition stage at this time ..
their Internet System is down and I
have tried to get on alternate Hot
Spots with limited success ..
.. we
had a partly cloudy sky and when
Autumn heard thunder she is not
happy .. we only got a few sprinkles
but that is all it takes for her
.. the weather looks good for
traveling to Highborn Cay tomorrow
.. the fuel Docks once again have
Fuel and this morning there was a
line of Boats waiting .. we are
planning to fill up in the morning
on our way out of Nassau ..
.. we
walked over the Bridge and visited
Potters Cay .. and the Markets under
the Bridge .. the odor was terrible
and the fruits and veggies were not
fit for consumption .. we took the
Water Taxi to the downtown Nassau
area near the Straw Market and sure
enough we found the Ice Cream Shop
.. Marv had his 3 dipper .. Marv got
a new Camera just like the one he
has as his back up Camera .. when we
were on our way to Nassau his other
back up got wet during the Friday
13eth disaster ..
..
later we walked
to Anthony's for dinner and returned
to the Boat to finish getting ready
for our travel on Tuesday .. can you
believe no scoopers tonight !!! ..
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Tuesday
June 17th
Travel -
Hurricane Hole to
Highbourne Cay
Highbourne
Cay
Dinner on the Dock
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Travel
-
Nassau to
Highbourne
.. 37 Nautical Miles
..
.. we
made it across the Waterway and were
tied off to the Nassau Yacht Harbour
Fuel Dock by 06:15 am .. we wanted
to get to the Fuel Dock before any
other Boaters so we would not have
to wait for other Boaters to Fuel up
ahead of us .. as we
waited for the Fuel Dock to open (
08:00 am ) up
we watched Sabrina ( FOX 4 TV - Fort
Myers ) for our last time as we will
be outside the Fort Myers Direct TV
Cone when we head East out of Nassau
..
the
cost for
Diesel was $5.73 a gallon and we
took on 648 gallon .. UFFFDA !! ..
once fueled up we headed out of
Nassau at 8:45 AM into two to three
footers on our Port Side with 10-15
knot winds from the South .. we had
a bright and Sunny day for our
cruise .. and we had a beautiful
cruise to Highborn .. we wound our
way thru the Rocks and Coral that
guard the entrance to the
Highbourne
Marina and
was in our Slip by 11:45 am ..
Betty
and Mary Kay went right to the
Grocery / Souvenir Store where Betty
found the hand painted tops and
visors that she had seen there
before and brought a pink one back
to the boat .. Mary Kay enjoyed the
8 Sharks and 2 Rays that were
swimming at the end of the Fuel Dock
.. Joel brought his bread and Johnny
Cake for our dinner later tonight
UMMMMMM .. Marv splashed the Dinghy
and washed out the interior of it
quite well as he had forgotten to
put in the Plug .. ( just cant trust
those River Boaters ) .. the four of
us went exploring the area via
Dinghy and found a beautiful Bay
with a wonderful white sandy Beach
where the girls found a number of
Sand Dollars and just enjoyed the
water .. when we got back to the
Boats we had dinner on the Dock just
behind Dee Light .. the waters here
are unreal .. they are every shade
of blue, clean, clear, warm etc ..
it would seem this is truly
Paradise .. no 3 dippers again
tonight too much Johnny Cake ..
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