Category Archives: travel

Resort Life!

Posted on April 10, 2013 by ozweaver

Oh, yes!  Resort life is the life for me! …unfortunately, the cost is beyond our means!  Still, I enjoyed our three days at Highbourne Cay probably more than any place down here in the Exumas.  I know that doesn’t say … Continue reading →

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The Lion Still Roars

Posted on April 3, 2013 by ozweaver

We’re three days into April and there is no sign yet of gentle spring weather down here.  In fact, it’s going to get a lot worse before there is any hope of calm seas and light breezes… We spent Easter … Continue reading →

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The Second Time Around

Posted on March 21, 2013 by ozweaver

We are hearing from other sailors that this has been a challenging winter in the Bahamas with lots of unsettled weather bringing strong winds here. I am relieved to here that it isn’t always this blustery down here! We are … Continue reading →

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A Return to Luxury

Posted on March 20, 2013 by ozweaver

Cat Island is a lovely place!  It is what I thought all of the Bahamas would be….open air causal resorts with a border of pearly powdered beach on a calm bay of aquamarine water!  It is absolutely idyllic here! We … Continue reading →

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A Very Different Long Island

Posted on March 13, 2013 by ozweaver

It was hard to drag ourselves away from Rum Cay. We  had both begun to feel the sirens’ call to stay, but hard as it was, we could not ignore the first favorable sailing weather in 9 days that was … Continue reading →

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Sights on Rum Cay

Posted on March 4, 2013 by ozweaver

Pandora on the dock at Sumner Point Marina on Rum Cay.  This is our first use of a dock in the Bahamas, and it is free! Each day when the fisherman return with their catch and begin cleaning the fish … Continue reading →

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Life in a Small Settlement

Posted on March 1, 2013 by ozweaver

Yesterday was quite eventful on Rum Cay.  Due to weather, the mail boat was a day late in arriving.  Bob and I happened to walk into the small center of town as we saw the mail boat approaching in the … Continue reading →

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The Edge of Beyond…

Posted on March 1, 2013 by ozweaver

The farther we go, the less internet we have… for the past 10 days now we have been in the outer islands at the bottom of the Exumas chain, close to truly remote areas.  We are not at the ‘back … Continue reading →

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Contrasts!

Posted on February 20, 2013 by ozweaver

When the boys traveled down here to visit us they were battling the biggest snow storm of the winter at home.  Our neighbor at home, who is watching our house, sent us this photo.  He can’t even get into our … Continue reading →

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Family Fun!

Posted on February 18, 2013 by ozweaver

The past week with our kids on board rates as the best family vacation ever!  We celebrated all three kids’ birthdays, coming up in March and April, as well as Valentine’s Day while we were all together. I can’t believe … Continue reading →

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