And we're back.

 Sorry we did not have an update in a while we've been busy. You know how it is being retired. Anyway Deb's brother Rich is here now and has another week left before he returns North to the snow and freezing rain that everyone lives for.
 Previously I spoke of sharks and how they show up now and again. If you click on this photo and zoom in a bit  you will find a black tipped reef shark swimming in the water. It's just above and to the right of the man walking in the water. We figure the water was maybe a foot and a half deep where it was swimming. Deb was walking in the water and came out when she saw people approaching us, little did she know.
 The funny part of this is that this photo was taken a very short distance from Nipper's Bar and Grill where people swim all the time.

 After this day we took Freedom down to the Sea Spray Resort and Marina for a few nights so Rich could see Elbow Cay. We had one day where the weather cooperated and allowed us to dink up to Hope Town for lunch. In this photo you'll see a statue that someone set out on a point into the sea of Abaco their property has. It looks like a young girl with sneakers and a skirt doing flips or something. It's quite detailed and the closer you get the better it looks. It can be found running in the dink up to Hope Town from White Sound on the West shore of Elbow Cay. It's worth a close pass to get a good look.

 Since it was cloudy the second day we elected to walk from White Sound up to Hope Town where we had lunch out again and got a ride back with Junior in his truck. Rich and I had to stand in the back holding onto the cage which made for an interesting ride. All one has to do is get distracted and you may find yourself getting slapped with a palm frond at 40 mph.

 After three nights in White Sound our ride back to Orchid Bay was uneventful except for some chop but since it was following us the ride was fine. Perhaps there was a bit of a roll due to the swell coming through the inlets we passed along the way back but it was nothing bad at all.
 Yesterday we went up to Nipper's where we ran into several folks we met last year. There is a kind member of the Royal Marsh Harbour Yacht Club who brings people over to Guana Cay from Marsh Harbour for the weekly pig roast. It was great to meet the folks again and share our passage stories with them and hear theirs. It seems there is always a good story to be heard. I know some of them were interested to see the photo of the shark we took a few days earlier. By the way we joined the yacht club. This leaves us the option to stay at Boat Harbour next year if we choose to.

 I've updated the Garmin tracks, and we'll work on some photos to share later in the day when the dink ride is complete. It's supposed to be calm today so we may try to go out on the Atlantic at the North end of Guana to visit the reef.

 And yes, our buddy the Green Heron found us as soon as we returned to Orchid Bay. There's dinner to be had when the transom lights are lit.