The Last Hurrah

Our season in Hope Town is rapidly drawing to a close. We've had our last sail and both the Abaco Dinghy Dandy and the Daysailer Suja are stored away for the summer. Yesterday we took our last kayak adventure and went down to the north end of Tilloo Cay. Transporting the yaks in the skiff is easy and a quick way to get to our destination.

Gotta love my new sun protective mermaid outfit. The pants have scales imprinted on them. That is the wood charter sailboat Barcelona Explorer way in the background.

We paddled around the bay north of the Castle which is also known as Scare Air (I don't think they have a sea plane anymore) and the Farside. This property has at least four houses on it and looks more like a resort. 

We also took our last Walkabout trip over to Man-O-War. Yesterday afternoon it was hauled out with the forklift and left for Dave to "summer-ize" it this weekend. He has already cleaned the bottom back to original condition and we flushed the engine with fresh water. Now all the mechanical systems will be checked and lubed and it will be ready for next season. 

After checking the weather at dinner time, the prediction was still for windy and wet weather until the day we leave! Since it was so calm last night that there were no-see-ums out, and with it being lighter later, we decided to haul the kayaks from the back dock, up onto the porch where we store them for the hurricane season. Since they were dry, we even put them in their protective sleeves and secured them. Sure enough, we woke this morning to wind and thunderstorms.

I have to say, we are feeling a bit smug again.