Monday, December 1, 2025 — It was another colorful dawn, despite the fact that the sunrise itself was completely blocked by clouds.
After we finished school and morning chores, we went to lunch at Grabbers with Tiki Tour. Conveniently, Grabbers had their own dock.
Monday, November 24, 2025 – Just before the sun poked over the horizon
Our feet and legs were completely covered with red welts from all the bug bites. Eric had 32 bites on one of his legs and at least 15 on the other. Christi and Keith were not far behind in the bug bite count. None of us wanted to go to shore today because we did not want to get any more bug bites.
After morning chores and school, Eric and Keith went for a swim around boat. The water was a little bit on the cold side, so they wore wetsuits. They had fun playing in the water. Eric wanted to clean the water line, but Christi forbade him. Eric’s back was slowly getting better each day, but it still wasn’t 100% better and she was worried that he’d strain his back all over again. Christi did not go in as the water was too cold for her, even with a 3/2mm wetsuit. Here was a photo of the bottom, showing how amazingly clear the water was, the sea grass, the lone starfish, and our anchor chain.
Dawn on Sunday November 23, 2025
As was typical, we did chores in the morning, then headed to shore in the afternoon. Our plan was to get lunch at a restaurant on Lubbers Quarters, but first we wanted to get a closer look at the castle that we could see to the south of Kosmos and to scope out the area to see if it looked promising for snorkeling. The castle was cool looking, but it wasn’t as impressive up close as it was far away. It almost looked like a small apartment building behind a house.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 — It usually takes us a few days to recover from the disrupted sleep cycles during passages. This morning, we woke up feeling like our body clocks were back to normal. While Eric was still in pain, his back did feel a little better. Knowing he was on the mend made him optimistic that he’d fully recover relatively soon. Sunrise.
In the morning, we did school and chores. In the afternoon, we went back to Snappas for lunch. Snappas also had beautiful views. The menu had a page explaining its history. It had opened in 2002, and was destroyed by a hurricane in 2004. In 2005, it reopened and was destroyed by Hurricane Dorian in 2019. It reopened again in 2023. The food was good, but we thought that Colors had better food, more food choices, and was better value for money.
Monday, November 17 continued… once we’d anchored, we breathed a huge sigh of relief. We made it! Woo hoo! We watched the sunrise.
We noticed that, unlike most of the other places we’d visited in The Bahamas, the water had a green hue to it instead of the typical stunning azure blue. The water in and of itself was clear, but there was algae on the sand, giving the water the green tint.
After the sunrise, we got to work. Keith did a light rinse down to get the worst of the salt off. Now that we were back to making all of our own water, we were concerned about water usage, so he was careful to not use more than was absolutely necessary. Christi wiped down the windows with wet, lightly soaped rags.
Eric went out to the back deck and configured the boom from paravane mode to dinghy mode. He had to twist a little awkwardly to undo the shackles and reattach them differently, which involved bending and twisting at awkward angles. At one point, he felt something was wrong, and realized that he’d hurt his back.
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