Goodbye to West End

Our “sundowner” last evening with 14 people (2 from Germany) was a fitting end to our stay here in West End, while we waited out the cold front this past week.

It’s been delightful – including a visit to Port Lucaya by bus to sort out my Bahama sim card and check out the straw market. Enroute, I discovered that one of the women I was hanging out with was a close friend for 30 years of my former assistant in the MCATD program – small world! We’ll probably sail tomorrow with Sheila and her husband and see if we can “buddy boat” with them on the next long crossing (10 hours) to the Berry Islands.

Another benefit of this location has been the local fishermen, keeping us supplied with fresh lobster tails ($4.00 each) – pic below of one delicious dinner J.

So tomorrow we’re off to Ocean Reef – about 30 miles away, to prepare for the big jump to the Berries. After that it’s one more biggish jump to Nassau, and then, hopefully, an easy meander South along all the small islands to our destination in George Town, Exumas.