GaYa On The Move: January 29, 2017- Someone is knocking on our door

January 29, 2017

6:30am- Looks like it is going to be a cloudy and rainy day. Not a way to greet our guest Kim and Don from Smithville who will be with us this week.

9:00am- We spent the morning organizing and cleaning the boat in preparation for our visitors.

11:00am- Steve and I walked into town to get ice. Most stores are closed on Sunday. We had a chuckle when the woman was giving us ice, she said to Steve: "God made man to carry heavy things, so here is the ice.

1:45pm- from a distance we saw Kim and Don arrive at the dock from a taxi. Steve went to pick them up with the dinghy. They will be with us until Friday and then they are renting a condo in Treasure Cay.

Unfortunately, the weather is rainy and cool.

We had a wonderful dinner and then watch a DVD before going to bed.

January 30, 2017

We were all up and having breakfast by 8:15am while listening to the local Abaco updates on VHF channel 68.

9:00am- Left Marsh Harbor and heading to Hope Town.

10:30am- it was a nice sail over in 30 mile winds. Arrived at Hope Town and it took a while to get a mooring.

Don is at the helm

12:15am- Had a little lunch and then we all went to shore.

We walked around the island and showed them the gorgeous view.

We went to the beach and town and went to the Reef restaurant for a coconut ice cream. We had to continue our Fifty Point ritual do going for an afternoon ice cream.

Then we cut thru the school down to the main road and walked to the Southern part of the island. Along the way, Steve managed to ask a local worker for fresh coconut which just fell off the tree. He was kind enough to cut it up for us also. Nice way to have fresh coconut milk.