The Waiting Game

2.13.13 Well, one week later and here we still sit, waiting on the winds to change in our favor. It is frustrating since this area usually has prevailing Easterlies (which would be perfect for our trip) that we have seen nothing but South wind for the whole week. Hopefully we can ride the beginning on the front coming through this weekend down to Eleuthra. The Abacos have been good to us, but we are ready to move on! We have been keeping somewhat busy since our last attempt to cross. We have explored the town a little more, visited Snappas (our favorite local bar) quite frequently and gotten a Bahamian phone so that our internet will work (hence all the recent blog posts). The boys played in a Bocce ball tournament on Sunday where they came in third place. And then we attended a dinner party with our friends on Corsair, whom we had met in the marina in Fort Pierce. On Tuesday, we opted to come in to a marina since we were out of water. It was nice to be able to take long hot showers and do all our laundry for the first time in over two weeks. And it is nice to be on land so that everyone can come and go as they please instead of piling into the dinghy for the daily trip to town. We will probably head back out and anchor today, although we may go out in the ocean for a few hours to fish since the weather is so settled. Anything to keep ourselves amused for another few days!