Okay, I have been MAJORLY slacking in the blog department. I cannot even remember the last “Tuesday Tell-Tales” I posted. Sometimes lounging around and reading for pleasure on my Kindle is just way more fun than blogging. You guys know what I’m talking about.
Time to get my butt in gear and get some blog action happening!!! So, here goes nothing.
Our current wifi situation is a little lackluster to say the least. (Which is partially to blame for my lack-of-blogging.) We thought we were so smart and ordered a fancy dancy Huawei Mobile Wifi device (basically a hotspot that you can stick a SIM card into and use with all your devices) before we left Boot Key Harbor in Marathon. Turns out, we purchased one that is only compatible with the Bahama Batelco 2G network…and not their (much desired) 3G network. Oh, and we realized this after buying FOUR data cards from Batelco the other day. Ugh! 2G is seriously worse than dial up and if we would have gotten a mobile hotspot device for their 3G GSM network then we’d be rocking and rolling. First person who comes to visit us in the Bahamas will definitely be receiving an Amazon order shipped direct to them with a new 3G GSM compatible MiFi before they come visit. ;))
Aside from our wifi issues, have I mentioned that I’m starting to feel like we spend almost as much time in the dinghy as we do on the boat. Any other cruisers with me on that?
Okay, I might be totally exaggerating the time we spend in our dink, but we do spend a hefty chunk of time trying to get from the sailboat to land (and back)…mostly for Oliver, but also for ourselves…like to make sure our water tank is full and we have ample diesel and gas aboard. Just doing those regular maintenance tasks sucks up a TON of time, believe it or not.
One day last week, I’m pretty sure all we did was fill up three of our 5-gallon water jugs (via dinghy of course) and hit the marina to try and scrounge up some fast wifi (which btw – the marina folks caught on to us and freaking changed the wifi password while we were hanging out at one of their picnic tables with our spread of iPads, iPhones, and my Macbook — who would do such a thing?!!). By the time we got back to the boat it was already 5pm. And by the time you take a solar shower and make dinner, the day is over. Crazy, right?
Speaking of dinner, I have been busting out some pretty stellar sailboat meals. Go me! …A few awesome fish recipes (from the Snapper we caught), flatbreads another night, red curry chicken and rice, peanut butter cookies one day, pancakes the next. I mean hello, pretty decent wouldn’t you say? ;))
Oh, and then there was the day last week where we decided to pull anchor and re-anchor closer to the marina (to shorten our dinghy ride), and then we subsequently decided to pull anchor at our brand new spot bc it felt a little too shallow at low tide, and wound up mosey-ing on back over to our old anchorage and re-re-anchoring. Not really how I’d chose to spend the day…dropping and pulling anchor multiple times. But hey, that’s cruising life. Gotta take the good with the bad!
And then there’s days that start out like this… 30 knot wind and crazy thunderstorms.
But end like this!!!…
And it’s all worth it when the latter happens. :)))
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Lovely! I do not blame you one bit for wanting some laze around and read a book time. I have two weeks left of school + work left before two months off! (Well off from school, still working) and literally cannot wait to read a book for pleasure!
when you wake up to 30 knot winds and thunderstorms… does that mean you must have a fruity rum drink for breakfast?