It was a dark and stormy night ...or two. High 61◦F low 55◦F

We are still in Turtle Cay, much as we would like to leave. Yesterday, the 18^th was rainy and cool all day long. We were woken this morning by what the Beaufort scale describes as mild Gale force winds. 32MPH winds rocked the boat and cause waves of 2 foot or so, in this protected bay. We were not brave enough to venture into the sea of Abaco to see what effect these winds had on that body of water! Although we were meant to leave today, still reeling from our experience on the Atlantic Ocean, we decided to stay put one more day.

 

Early in the am, we witness a sail boat who's mooring ball apparently broke. These poor people where anxiously trying to lay down an anchor while the wind pushed them in every direction. I bet they'll have a story to tell on their blog. We were fortunate enough to get a mooring ball who's line is brand new, so although we swung and rocked a lot, we stayed put. These types of days however are very long. Trying to find things to keep you occupied was made easier by our son's technological savvy. Before leaving, Shawn was nice enough to give us an external hard drive which he filled with our favorite TV shows and about 20 or so movies. 

I also took advantage of all this "free time" to finish my second basket 

and do a little wood carving; now that my knives are all sharpened. 

 Jim spent some time reading. I think he finished two books in the last few days. It looks as though the winds will calm down tomorrow and the next day, so our current plan is to take off at first light tomorrow and make our way to Great Sale, Lucaya on day 2 where the weather gods will send us another rough weather day. We will anchor in Lucaya for 2 days awaiting a weather window to get to Freeport. Shawn and his wife Stephanie are flying in on the 24^th, so let's hope our projections are right. Otherwise the kids will be needing to find a place to stay when they fly in.

One last note. The areas we will be traveling in for the next 3-4 days do not have great cell phone or internet coverage so I will not be blogging until we arrive in Freeport. Good night all.