Snorkeling The Aquarium and a Small Plane Wreck, Then Back to Big Major

Even at 1/4 full, the moon was amazingly bright on Wednesday, March 11

Dawn

Yesterday morning, Tiki Tour arrived in the anchorage. After all the kids had finished school, the other four families took their dinghies to Rachel’s Bubble Bath. Keith tagged along with them. Eric and Christi stayed aboard Kosmos. They worked on getting things ready for Keith’s upcoming birthday party, including baking more cupcakes. Christi also worked on her land life project, and was thrilled about accomplishing something important (or so she thought). It felt like the anchorage was a bit rollier today than it had been yesterday.  

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The Liquor Mat and Moving to the Northwest Anchorage on Pipe Cay, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

The dawn on Monday, March 9 was colorful, and even though the moon was only half full, it was still especially vibrant:

After Christi and Keith finished doing school, we took the dinghy to Staniel Cay. We went to the pink grocery store and picked up a few items. We wanted to get a bottle of alcohol, and had been told the best place to buy it was at the Yacht Club’s laundromat. Eric went around to a small building set back from the shore on the Yacht Club’s property and saw a faded sign that said “Laundromat and (unreadable) Liquor.”

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Keith’s Perspective on Blackpoint and Thunderbolt Grotto/Le point de vue de Keith sur Blackpoint et Thunderbolt Grotto

Saturday, February 28 – Friday, March 6 — This week has been fun. On Saturday, we moved to Black Point. I had lunch at the yacht club with dad and two other Nordhavns. On Sunday, Traveler, Tangent and Agora arrived. We went to lunch at the yacht club, then went back and had dinner with everyone at the yacht club. We met another boat with kids called Driftwood. 

Cette semaine était amusante. Samedi, nous nous sommes déplacés à Black Point. J’ai mangé le déjeuner au yatch club avec papa et deux autres Nordhavns. Dimanche, Traveler, Tangent et Agora sont arrivés. On a mange le dejeuner au yatch club, et on a aussi mangé diner au yatch club avec tout le monde. On a rencontré un autre bateau avec des enfants qui s’appelle Driftwood. 

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