Saturday April 28, 2012
Gas tank filled, water full, last minute grocery list made, not doing wash, and the boat is all cleaned, ready for the departure, in case we leave Monday. It is again, a another cloudy day although it is not raining and the sun keeps trying to reveal itself here and there. We watched all the races from Casa Mare’ today. The seas are rougher than before so we will probably move in closer this afternoon after the last race and go into town. Pam, Rob, Rich and Marie came over to watch the Class C race since the set the marker so close to us. During the race the police came up to us and asked us to move in the middle of the race, which we did. Seems where they placed the marker put us smack dab in the middle of the course. Made for great close up shots though...again. It is bittersweet leaving Georgetown, Exuma. This is the last stop with heavy civilization except for Nassau, which I am not even sure we will go to again on the way home. The rest of the trip is wind down time, getting us ready for the huge culture shock of our return to the US. I think back and watched myself grow from the beginning of this trip until now. I remember during the first few months I did need to adjust my lifestyle a bit and at times it was hard. This is a small space and one would need to get really creative to find personal space on a boat. Fred and I seemed to mesh well in finding that when we needed to. There were a few tears here and there but the smiles more than made up for that. Overall, we did everything together, happily. We made an agreement in the beginning if we were not comfortable with something, we would express that and discuss it. It worked. We argued very little and when we did most ended as we busted out laughing in the middle of it. Life can be silly, and it takes way to much energy out of us to be angry, so we stayed happy. We are soul mates, there is no doubt about that.
After the race, in which the overall results were Lady Sonya Class B and Lady Muriel Class A, we took the dinghy into town. We got there just in time to see the High School marching Band performing which was fantastic and the Police Band was equally fantastic. Fred and I walked the Government dock to see what they had to offer as far as food. I had heard of the ladies all dressed up and that they were...everywhere. One couldn’t help but notice them in their brightly colored attire, hats and interesting hair styles. No braids, but lots of spray, in colors too. I wondered why someone would get that gussied up for a fair and then it dawned on me. Oh my! I asked Fred and he smiled and confirmed my suspicions. Sometimes I think it is best to be naive. By the time we made the circle we decided to walk over to the other side of Victoria Lake and grab dinner at Eddie’s. We met Adaire and Bill from Irish eyes along with their friends Susan and Tom, who are here visiting them from Tennessee and flying out tomorrow. Dinner was great and the conversations were full of sailing stories. Great people. Tom, who is a member of their sailing club in Tennessee, invited us to a huge BBQ Bill and Adaire does on the 4th of July. Something to think about as we enjoyed them so much! We made it back to the boat just as it got dark as the celebrations continued on ashore, based on the music and very happy voices in the distance. We were on the same page for this evening, quiet suits us better. We watched a movie and called it a wonderful day and evening!
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