A great day on the dink

 Today everything lined up well. The weather, the dink, and tides all conspired to offer us a good opportunity to find conch. We were out off Johnny's Cay when out of the blue Bill and Carol showed up in their dink. We had already found a keeper but they talked up a great spot to find better.
 We took them up on it, and off we went towards Matt Lowe's Cay.
 By the way, in the middle of no where out here, we were introduced to a couple that lived in Poughkeepsie for many years. Small world strikes again! We have to stop by their boat and catch up with them before we take off for Orchid Bay.
 We all had a great time hunting out conch and eventually everyone was able to pull in their boat limit. It appears conch chowder will be on the menu tomorrow!
 But our time in Hopetown is coming to a close. We've had some great times with the folks here. It's a flotilla of great folks and boating offers up the best of common denominators. A transient community of people that all care enough to make sure everyone is safe and having a good time. It's difficult to imagine a better environment to be in. But it can't last for ever so off to Orchid we go on Thursday. We were originally planning to stop in at Marsh Harbour for some provisioning before arriving at Orchid but the weather is going to be fowl starting Tuesday. Since we are looking forward to the concert at Nipper's on Friday we had to forgo Marsh Harbour and head over to Orchid directly on Thursday.
 We've been out on the Sea of Abaco in 40 knots and sure we can handle it. But docking is another issue and as one soul said "why do you wan to bang your forhead?".
 I agree. So we stay here an extra day and head to the BFM concert on Thursday.