Bahamas Day 1

We flew from Toronto to Miami and Miami to Georgetown, Exuma, Bahamas on American Airlines and all went well. Landed in Georgetown and shared a taxi into town with Dianne who was meeting her husband on a catamaran called "Two of a Kind" that he had sailed over alone, in a flotilla. The taxi driver had a marine radio to call her husband. This was the first example of how important the cruisers are to Georgetown's economy, many of the businesses can be reached on marine radio.

Peace and Plenty Hotel, Georgetown, Exuma

Andy had indicated that he would meet us at the bar of the Peace and Plenty Hotel and true to his word, there he was and just starting on his first rum.

We had our first rum punch of the trip and then put our baggage into garbage bags as the crossing, in Andy's small rubber dinghy, was pretty choppy. The ride across Elizabeth Bay took about 20 minutes and Debra flashed the anchor lights so we could find Between the Sheets, in the dark, among the other anchored boats.

A few more drinks, a lovely roast chicken dinner, some stories of Andy and John's trip down and we then heard the expression "cruisers midnight" for the first time. Andy and Debra were yawning by 9pm and looking around there were no lights on any boats by 10pm (cruisers midnight). We had no trouble sleeping either and looking forward to seeing Elizabeth Bay in daylight.