Looking at our tracks on SPOT, one may be tempted to ask what is going on? It seems as if we move from one spot – no pun intended – to another and then back again! Well, that’s what we do 
As our experience and confidence grows, we are more likely to simply upanchor on a whim and go somewhere else for whatever reason! Mostly we move because of the wind/wave direction but today for something sad.
Along our way from Baltimore – seems like eons ago now – we have met many wonderful people also cruising along. One couple, Steve and Amanda aboard Diana, we met in Bimini and our paths have crossed a few times since then. They are on a 29’ sailboat which they sailed all the way from Canada!!! They, like us, have had ups and downs – most recently with broken engine mounting bolts, thankfully fixed. They have been following our blog and we have been following theirs and have become quite close often sharing similar experiences.
Today we met for lunch at the Peace and Plenty restaurant. It was a great restaurant with good food and Steve and Amanda were wonderful company. Sadly, today, we go our separate ways 
and we are unlikely to cross paths unless they come to NZ or we go to Canada. They are continuing their adventure by going further south, while George Town is our turnaround point and we’ll be heading north. Thanks for your friendship, Steve and Amanda. We’ll be following your adventures on your blog site and hope to see you “downunder” sometime.
This is certainly one of the negatives about cruising – people enter each other’s lives, become close friends and then move on.
Well, enough of the melancholy.
After lunch we bought some supplies and returned to our wonderful little anchorage for a few more days and as I sit and write this, I can hear the music thumping out from the Palm Bay Resort just over the headland. We dinghied ashore yesterday and walked over there for a cold drink next to the pool – which a sign proclaims is only for residents!! I may test that statement out yet. We needed that drink as we had had a rather eventful morning.
We had decided to go snorkeling around some of the coral reefs around and, lo and behold, I managed to bag me 4 nice lobster Unfortunately, with all the excitement of catching these wretched beasts we forgot to take any photos!!!! How silly! But now I’ve done it all – collected conch, caught a Mahi Mahi and got some lobster.
Ahhhhh, it’s a hard life but someone has to do it!!!!!
Hi Lance and Mary…you guys are having a blast, we are all so envious. You’ve given me inspiration for my retirement!!! Just to let you know you’ve had a minor flight change, what email can I use to send through the updated details too? Thanks.