Packing up to Leave

This is our last week in the Bahamas before we head back to Toronto on Saturday. We are currently very busy cleaning and closing up the boat, and finishing up final repairs, before we take her to the hurricane hole for the season.

The last week has been a bit trying, as the wind has been blowing around 30 knots for most of the week, and we've been hiding out at our beloved Red Shanks. It's so windy, we haven't even been able to get off the boat to go to a beach or a restaurant. So we're both feeling a bit of cabin fever. However, it has allowed us to get the work done that we needed to do, so that's an upside! Tomorrow, we'll leave early to head to Georgetown for our final water and fuel fill up, laundry and a bit of food provisioning, in the middle of the in-harbour Regatta race.

We've had to miss a couple of the Regatta events that I was hoping to participate in, because we couldn't get there in this wind, but tomorrow we'll both go to the closing ceremonies before we take the boat into the hurricane hole. The pics below are from the round-the-island race that was happening as we headed for Red Shanks last week.

So that's it for now - this will be my last post for the season. Thanks for following, and hope you enjoyed reading them. We're getting ready to say "goodbye" to this place once again. Even though it's been somewhat of a challenging Winter, we both still love being here, and are looking forward to coming back next year. Meanwhile, we're really happy to be seeing many of you very soon,  and spending time with our family at our annual ski trip in the Laurentians.

Hope you're all healthy and looking forward to the arrival of Spring!