Long Island, Bahamas

Hi to all. We rented a SUV yesterday, along with Chris and Ron from Nimue, Mark and Leisel from Cool Breeze II. Can you say a fun day??? Oh, I almost forgot, Samson too. (Border Collie)We started around 9:30am and left out from Long Island Breeze and headed South... Lots of little communities along the way... Our first big stop was at Max's Conch Bar.... Wow... the best conch fritters, conch bites and conch salad we've ever had.. and what a cool place it was... so many items from cruisers from all over!! I will attach the pics of it... Then on to Dean's Blue Hole.... The pics can not do it justice.... it was absolutely beautiful. Dean's Blue Hole is the world's deepest Blue Hole... It is 675 feet.... can you imagine what lurks down there??? They are going to have a free dive event coming up soon, so that's why the diving platform is in the middle of it... Leisel, being the 20 something she is and full of strength and vigor.. swam over to the hand made rope on the far side.. told her I was going to put her in Sports Illustrated!!! She puts all those foo foo models all to shame!!

After leaving the blue hole we headed on South to the end of the Island and found the most gorgeous beach... not a soul there! Made a few pics and then headed back to Clarencetown , where we stopped at Ms. Ena's basket/straw shop... All of us bought a couple of little things and then Ms. Ena gave us all a tiny basket for fun!! They are really talented to do such intricate work.... Then onward back North... they boys were in hunt mode for a place to stop and buy bugs... We found one!!!!!!!!!! You would not believe what was in their freezor at this seafood shop.. It was one that actually sells to the restaurants, etc... so we hit pay dirt!!!!!!!!!!!! After that , we made way back to the dinghy dock to get our prize bugs in the freezer... Everyone had their own lobster feast on their vessel last nite... What did we have with ours??? BUTTER, LOTS OF BUTTER!

Today is a provision/laundry day.. and thanks to Long Island Breeze, we have internet service to get all caught up...Ther is a front coming in tomorrow and we will move back over to Thomson Bay for a little better protection from the wind. We will probably come over to join the crowds for SuperBowl Sunday. (although I don't have a clue who is playing!)

Cool Breeze, Nimue and SeaVeyor and possibly the crew from Lions Paw are planning a trip down to the Jamentos on Monday morning for a week or so. Supposed to be good traveling weather.... This area is known for excellent diving, snorkeling, and fishing/bug catching... Can't wait...More news at ll........Linda and Dwayne