What a great visit! Rob & I had gone to the “dinghy dock” down by the airport. It was the one I used last year when I flew to Florida. What a difference a year makes! There are now 3 boats 30-40 feet each & the concrete dock is in even worse shape. Not sure even I would try to use it now. Because of that we emailed Pete & Jane to take a taxi to Pascal’s 4-Points restaurant. The day of their flight arrived & we were really excited about it because they are just too much fun. About the time their flight should have been leaving Nassau our phone rang with a Bahamian number. (FYI folks, we have a Bahamian cell 242.458.9554 should anyone wish to call$$$) It was Jane on the other end & their airplane was not a happy plane and they would be delayed. They were due in at 4pm & that time came & went….. about ten after five we saw a flight land and thought …….hummmm…… a few minutes the phone rang again & they were on their way to Pascal’s! 
Now the weather that day was really not cooperating! It was chilly (70), cloudy & rainy, not your typical Bahamian winter weather. But that was OK because our friends had arrived! We walked around the settlement the next day & showed them the Ocean Hole, Sammy’s introduced them to the Haitian lady who sells veggies and had an all around good time. Next it was a lovely sail north to Governors Harbour!
Ocean Hole @ Rock Sound
We enjoyed it there for a few days & of course the psoriasis on the soles of my feet acted up so Pete & I stayed in town while Rob & Jane went to the Leon Levy Plant Preserve.
From the Leon Levy Plant preserve
Later that afternoon Pete & I were back on the boat & Rob & Jane called from Ronnie’s Hi – D- Way so we went to join them & had a wonderful treat of meeting Dr. Seabreeze! Now the good doctor is probably in his late 70’s now but is a very famous Bahamian musician as well as an all round nice man. We had hoped to sail farther north to Hatchet Bay but the weather wasn’t good so back to Rock Sound to finish seeing what we hadn’t done before which meant a trip over to Nor’tSide to see Rose. Our friends Phil & Irene joined us and along with a wonderful lunch a good time was had by all! They are going to try for 2 weeks next year and we hope that happens! then we could really show them some of the Bahamas!
It was sad to see them leave but there were to be cold fronts every 48 hours for several days & that can be boring as you usually get soaked either coming or going in the dink when the wind is up. They left on a Wednesday and on Friday we decided to get underway to Little San Salvador.
Now the cay is called Half Moon Cay and it has the “Authentic Bahamian Village” stop for Holland America & Carnival Cruise Lines. They offer a lot for the passengers: horseback rides on the beach, sailing, swimming, snorkeling, kite surfing, diving and shore side attractions and that is only what we saw from the boat & dink!
We have cruising friends that have said they do not mind if you come ashore with the passengers but we just felt a bit odd about it. The anchorage there was a bit rolly to say the least so next it is off to Cat Island – a place we have not been to in a number of years.
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