Rick and Bev woke up early enjoying the early morning in
Fisher’s Bay. Troy from Dive Guana woke
us up when he motored over to collect our mooring fee of $20-not too bad. I was still down below in the aft cabin so I
didn’t get to see what he looks like! I
know his voice because he’s daily on the Cruiser’s Net….oh well….maybe we’ll be
back again.
It wasn't long and Rick and I pulled the bridle line our of
the mooring line…and we were off. Once
we
motored pass the rocky bar, Rick took the wheel and followed the chart plotter
back to Marsh Harbour. Before we knew it, in less than 2 hours Chuck was behind
the wheel docking Happy Hours II. Of
course I gave Jason a holler on the VHF to let him know we were approaching the
marina. He was waiting to hand us our lines! Our afternoon plans were to snorkel Mermaid
Reef with Billy, Ilene, her brother Robert, and with Kim. I invited Ginger and Sam from sv/Grace, so we
had 10
people snorkeling around with tons of tropical fish. Awesome!
Billy and Ilene fed them bananas!! They love them! Everyone had a great time at the reef and we
all went back for a dip in the pool and showers.
Tonight is Rib Night at the Jib Room. Chuck and I thought Bev and Rick would enjoy
their last night eating here at the Jib Room and the party afterwards. Earlier in the afternoon I placed our
order: 1 rib dinner, 1 BBQ chicken
dinner, 1 fish dinner, and 1 order of sides. We four knew that sharing would be more than
plenty for each of us. Dinner doesn’t
start until 7:00, so we have time to visit on the dock with Ed and Connie,
mv/Southern Pilot, Sam and Ginger and soon the Circe crew showed up!
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| Robert and Billy raking 'n scraping! |
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| Desmond |
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| rake 'n scrape Jason |
We met Bev and Rick at the Jib Room by 6:30. They went up early
to try to get online to
reserve a rental car for tomorrow when they arrive in West Palm. Rita and David
joined us, not to eat, but to talk. Soon
people werecoming back to their tables with food. The
four of us took our tickets out back by the grills to get out food. Everything was delicious!! Pretty soon we heard Jason playing his saw, ‘rake
and scrape’, to the music. I knew that
Desmond was going to limbo under a bar of flames. He made a point earlier in the evening to let
me
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| Billy and Jason rake 'n scrape |
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| Bev dancing |
know. This is going to be a great
farewell party for Bev and Rick as well as Ilene’s brother Robert. What a party! Everyone was dancing. Billy and Robert ‘raked and scraped’ and Bev, Ilene, and I
shook the maracas. While Jason sang,
Desmond did the limbo, lowering the bar a little at a time. He always gets the audience involved by
encouraging others to try when the bar is at the higher levels. When he positions the bar at 8” off the
ground, he limbers up by doing 60 one arm push-ups. Wow! I’m
always in awe when Desmond lights the bar and limbos under the flames. Everyone goes wild!! The dancing went on until
about 10 pm and Bev never missed a beat!!
Finally, Bev and Rick called it a night because of their 8:15 am taxi
cab pick-up. Their flight with Bahamasair
leaves tomorrow morning at 10:30.
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| 1 arm push ups |
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| limbo lower now |
What a party!! What a
great way for Bev and Rick to end their stay in the Abacos…….
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| Desmond limboing with flames! |
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