Another long night rocking around in 30 knots of wind with higher gusts and then, finally, it suddenly stopped this morning. Calm and peaceful sunrise. Cloudy and cool. A good morning for endless rounds of chocolate chip pancakes followed by creating our Christmas ‘tree’ for the wall. We got a tour of the neighbour’s boat (a Gulfstar 44) – nice couple who had a gentle grandparent approach to our 2 visiting kids. Then H&E were quick to want to join back up with Eden and Celeste. Lots of games, playing on the boom, sharing kid stories. So proud of Henry. When we first anchored on Wednesday beside them – he froze and refused to even go on the dinghy trip to say hello when we didn’t know them at all. He still has his introverted “I want to go hide” instinct at the thought of meeting new people. But didn’t take long for him to realize how nice they were and how much fun was to be had. You would never guess that we had only met Bliss 4 days ago – the kids are fast friends!
All 4 boats in the harbor all moved to Spanish wells (1hr motor) this afternoon now that the weather is settled. Fun walk around town, then back to the boats at sunset for a typical boat evening of socializing. Appetizer-snack-dinner ensued while we baked up some sugar cookies. Kids had a fun time icing and decorating. Lots of stories to be shared by parents as rums from various locals were shared.
Tomorrow we all go different ways. The goodbyes begin…but we hope to meet up again in the Exumas down the road….
Fun Afloat 