March 18

This has been a busy week like always, Bahama style.

Last week was the Georgetown Festival in a park. Bo took Lavonne and I in one day and when we picked her up we were the Bobsey Twins. We strolled around the park and I bought some napkins rings, a bandana, apron and fresh lima beans. Lavonne bought several things also and I ordered a basket like hers and can pick it up this week along with another set of napkin rings.

The festival was Thursday, Friday and Saturday, it was Thursday that we went and then Friday it was rainy an messy so stayed at the boat. We all went again on Saturday.

Saturday Donald, Lavonne,Bo and I went after listening to a talk about free diving from a young couple, sounds crazy to me.

We then went to the festival and we saw two of our favorite people Felecia and her daughter Somalia. Somalia was the 7 year old that asked Bo one day when we were doing laundry about being bald, where was his hair, he looked at her and said, "I ran so fast it flew off". She looked at him and said,"I am never going to run again". Her mother is wonderful have seen her several time and she tried to teach us Bahamian Rake and Scrape, of course Bo passed with flying colors but I am a return student, so fun. Bo's sister video taped it when she was here. This was at a boaters appreciation and Bo, Jaymi and I had gone across in the dinghy. When we came back we were so soaked and at least 4 inches of water in the dinghy and Bo said,"People pay good money to go on rides like this at amusement parks". Jaymi and I looked at each other and laughed, came in, took showers to wash the salt off and ready for another day.

Bo got rid of the large car battery charger we had bought when we got the lightening strike to a taxi driver we know, glad that is off the boat.

Friends we met 4 years ago in Charleston on our way to Florida and we met again in Charleston on our way home are next to us, so good to see them again. We had lunch yesterday and they came over last night good to catch up. They are going back to MA in several days as their son-in-law has cancer and need to be home.

This morning people that have a boat like ours except made in France came to visit. Their boat is different than ours (they are live a boards from Australia) .We are going over this afternoon and check theirs out and they have a solution for the freezer so can hardly wait to hear about that.

This evening numerous boats are going over to Cat's Meow as they are leaving for Rum Cay tomorrow and several boats are joining them, we were going to join them going to Rum Cay but Bo has so much work he needs to get caught up on will go someplace when his work is caught up.

One day Lavonne and I made some jewelry, she makes some very nice things, mine are average but so fun can hardly wait to get home and take glue gun and beads and have a place to work.

It will be pretty ugly going back to the Chesapeake Bay as one of the many things that does not work is our air-conditioner. If you know the CBay then you know what a killer this will be, might have to hit motels for a while.  #1 Joyce and Lavonne Joyce #2at the front gate #3man in Junkanoo costume #4 two joyce ann's and one Joyce