Progress
31 January 2011 | Rock Sound, Eleuthera
Beth / 70's and breezy
We are making progress on several fronts! Brad at Dingle Motors put Jim in touch with his cousin Alton (Ali to his friends!) and an hour later, Ali was on board. (The pic shows Ali emerging from the stern locker.) He got the screws out, climbed down below, pulled things apart and discovered a severed cable. So the next thing to do is order a new one and wait for it to be flown in. Details will come when I know them!
Because that is the next bit of progress. Finally ... wifi connection. I was so frustrated - I wrote that posting on work and play in the park and then when I tried to put it up, our 24 hour card had expired. GROAN! Then when we got here on Saturday, it was too late to get a card from Dingle Motors and they were closed yesterday.
This morning we dinghied in to have a wonderful chat with Brad and with Mr and Mrs Cates at Dingle Motors. I have a wifi card! ($10 per 24 hours or $24 for 3 days). We bought diesel and will get water later. There is still a drop off laundry service, and apparently there is also a laundromat in town so I'll check it out this afternoon.
People here in the Bahamas are so wonderful. We never fail to be impressed by the helpfulness, good humour and welcome we have encountered. Ali is a prime example. He scrambled all around and up and down on this boat with one leg. He lost the other in an industrial accident 30 years ago. His take on it - "I'm married, have kids - I have nothing to complain about. Life is great!"
And so we concur. We are safe, warm, in the company of good people and on the way to a fix. We have nothing to complain about. Life is great!