December 21 - 30, 2017 Merry Christmas

the last night of Marching thru the streets of New Plymouth at 5am, singing Christmas Carols

this resident threw candy down from his balcony, some people throw beads 

(note there is no railing on the front)

at the end of every early morning Marching (10 days before Christmas, Monday to Friday), there is always free food and coffee supplied

one morning for our three days of our march, we had home made donuts from Green Turtle Club,

next morning it was pork or chicken souse, with Johnny Cake 

and the last morning for the season it was sausage, eggs, grits, Johnny Cake ….

what a great experience for us

the last day there was about 60 plus marchers

our new solar shower … it works great

there is always a party some where … walking home (back to the boat), after buying

some groceries .. these guys invited us to stay for some food

they poured Joe a straight rum and me some wine

and the chicken souse soon followed … this cutie sat with us and quietly ate

her souse

I'm not a real fan of it, but Joe sure enjoys, chicken wings and potatoes in broth

Susan and Rick on Other Goose arrived (Owen Sound) and we

met them at the Customs Office and later met up with them at the Golf Cart

Parade .. Susan is beside Joe and Rick is kind of hidden in this picture

oh yes there was also local food to buy

the Ann Roberts Primary School had a candle light parade with the paper

candles that they made and was lit up with flash lights .. they also

sang a few Christmas Songs

then Santa Claus arrived and handled out lots of toys for the

girls and boys

next was the decorated golf cart parade, about 15 carts involved

the next morning Christmas Eve Morning there was a Cruisers Breakfast

at Green Turtle Club, in White Sound .. Ann and Bob on the left rented a

golf cart for the four of us to get there

there was about 60 plus cruisers .. I would say1/2 were from Canada

Janice and Cam our hosts for most if not all the get togethers for cruisers

Nova Scotia … Janice is also the lobster queen hunter in these waters

Merry Christmas from Modaki

Sandy's Way arrived, from Nova Scotia, there first time in the Bahamas

now it is Christmas Eve night and there is another pot luck for cruisers

at Sun Downers ( Sandy and John from Sandy's Way), 

we got to introduce them to about 3 other NS cruisers tonight

we received a visit from Cam and Janice early Christmas morning, with some

christmas candies,  I made a rum cake to share with our guests

Janice and Cam made about 100 packages for cruisers and went to

all the boats at anchor with a small gift

and here comes Susan and Don (Old Sam .. Nova Scotia), with good wishes

and

this delicious Egg Nog Pudding with whip cream, candy cane topping and edible spoon

I'm for sure going to make this for next year

next it was time to get ready for yet another pot luck for cruisers

Joe and I make our California Rolls .. it was a sure hit again this year

appetizers were set out first, then the main meal and then desserts

I just had salads and there was tons to choose from 

the lobster queen Janice made lobster chowder for about 75 cruisers .. once again it was delicious

a few days later Jan delivered two dressed lobsters to us as a thank you for lending them

our 2nd VHF, until there new one arrived, via Other Goose, Susan and Rick, Owen Sound

some of the cruisers Christmas Day

after lunch there was some great music by the cruisers

both Joe and I think we have had enough food for the rest of the year… it has been great

but we need to get back to salads …lol

Merry Christmas everyone

a few years ago I took a similar picture of these two cats on this same

step … it it good to see them still here

the weather has been extremely hot .. even the Coconut Oil is half melted

there is always boat chores and we have to find out where the leak of water is coming from

and of course it is right above my bed and another is in the galley …Joe had to rip out his good cherry wood, but he can

repair it …  now finding out where the is coming from

but in the mean time we need to get off our mooring ball and

head up to Munjack Cay for a night .. Sandy's Way is following us

first thing in order is to jump in the salt water and wash my hair …

the water is so warm, I swam 3 times around Modaki

then scrubbed "Walkabout" our dinghies bottom 

Joe snorkelled out to check on the anchor ...

we are well dug in for a night of about 15 knot winds

and of course there is no getting away from a pot luck on Te Amor, Janice and Cam's boat,

with other cruisers

the next morning we headed to No Name Cay to show Sandy's Way the pigs

Sandy feeding them baby carrots

I took bread and that was what they liked the most, except apples are there favourite ,

but it is hard to give pigs apples because they cost us $1 an apple US prices 

here was lots of tour boats bringing tourists, the pigs got well fed today

swimming pigs

the underside of a sea biscuit …

then we headed back into Black Sound on the high tide about 1pm

over night in light winds this house boat slipped its mooring and ended up in the

mangroves, no one on board … here it is being returned to its MB

if the wind was in a different direction the house boat could of came crushing down on us and

about 15 other boats

Joe re caulking our scupper, thinking this is maybe one of

our leaks .. earlier he re caulked the Holding Tank out take

we are going to get some higher winds and lots of rain in a few days so we will see

in the mean time I'm hand sewing a rip on one of the fitted bed sheets

another walk to town because the weekly mail boat has arrived with

fresh milk, bread, cheese and veggies ..

Isbi's … a female and juvenile

we love this palm

every year this dock leans more …. there is a guy cleaning conch, with not a worry lol