My pictures are not coming out in the order I wanted them to, so just read the captions and enjoy!!!! A beautiful sunset in Warderick Wells... spotting a shark off the transom...

since the damage on the dinghy, Rach and I swam to shore for a kayack...

At McDuff's...

Rachel met the owner of "Maratine", Tiger and his captain, Reggie. Tiger also owns Kalick, the Bahamian beer company.

First thing to learn coming to the Bahamas is how to blow the conch. Rachel took to it with gusto!!!

The customs won't let Rachel walk out with her luggage until she told them where she was going to be. I wnet back in with her and gave them our boat name and let them know we were just cruising 'their beautiful waters'. They liked that and off we went.

In May, my college roommate, Rachel, came in for a visit. She and her husband live in Napa, CA. She called me one day and said, "I NEED A VACATION!!! Can I come down to visit you in the Bahamas??!!" Well, she had a terrific time. Clay and I picked her up in Nassau, she and I went provision shopping and off we were to our favorite spots to show Rach. The first day out the seas were horrible. Lots of wind and rain. Clay asked if we wanted to go back to Nassau, but we said we would tough it out. The first night we anchored out at Highborne Cay, then cruised on down to Normans to have our evening meal at McDuff's. We hadn't been there yet on this cruise and the additions to the place from our previous trips were a real surprise. The food was still great and Rachel enjoyed meeting other cruisers. The next day we headed out for Warderick Wells. That day of cruising was great, until we got settled on the mooring ball and noticed the dinghy was way to full of water. It seems by dragging it behind us, the transom wall cracked and was taking on water. After some scrambling, we got the motor off and emptied the boat as much we could. We were in a dilemma, that's our get around boat!!! Lucky for us someone heard of our situation and the nice man off of September Song came over and he and Clay together were able to fix the leak, meanwhile, Rach and I swam to shore and picked up a kyack to get around with. We took the kayack out to some real nice snorkel areas. We anchored out to more evenings before heading over to Compass Cay. That will be my next post.

Enjoy and have a very blessed day...The Happy Cruisers

Happy Father's Day, dedicated to my Dad!!!

This will be the first year I am not able to go pick out that special card for my dad. Always a funny and then the more touching one where I would enclose a tissue for his tears. My dad was the best!!! He lived a long and full life filled with many memories for us to remember. One of my favorite Father's day is when we had made a road trip to Canada. I bought him a present before the trip, but forgot to get any wrapping materials. On that Father's Day Sunday morning, I got all the comics from the paper and wrapped his present using them and crewing gum for the tape. He was so proud of my endeavors. Another one was when we were young, my older brothers told me to go wake up daddy by tickling his feet, (me not knowing at the time his feet where very ticklish) so like the innocent little sister, I went to wake him up by tickling his feet. To my much surprise, I was kicked in the mouth!!! My brothers got a 'kick' out of that as well as my dad!! I have several wonderful memories of my daddy and his father's days. This one is bitter sweet, I know he is sleeping without any pain and for that I am happy, but I miss him very much. We would always get ready for the Indy 500, by getting out the line up from the paper and write our predictions on the columns. Then watch the race, take notes, cross off the racers who crashed and keeping up with our favorites position. It was a blast! Every beginning of the football season, it was the same. An avid Cowboy fan, although his first love was the Redskins, (boo, hiss, boo, hiss), but I could forgive him because he drove a taxi cab in the Washington DC area, we were never lacking in conversation and opinions. He was the BEST!!!

So, daddy this is for you... God saw you getting tired,

and a cure was not to be.

So He put his arms around you

and whispered, "Come with Me."

With tearful eyes we watched you

slowly fade away.

Although we loved you dearly,

we would not make you stay.

A golden heart stopped beating,

your hard-working hands put to rest,

God broke our hearts to prove to us

He ONLY takes the BEST!!

I love you daddy, and Happy Father's Day.

Sharon and Wayne enjoying the closing ceremonies... Spectators everywhere..

Penny enjoying herself...

The famous Nassau marching band...

They were really entertaining...

I would like to thank Penny for sharing her videos



with me. Mine didn't turn out so good. This will be more pictures of the Regatta and the closing ceremonies. It was truly a wonderful experience. I've also included pictures other cruisers shared with me. It was really a let down after it was all over. We made more new friends thoughout the week. The cruisers had a farwell beach potluck, then we all went our seperate ways. Bob and Penny were heading back North to the USA, along with Wayne and Sharon. Lou, Allison and Caroline off of Aly Cat were going further south, while Clay and I headed back to Nassau to pick up my girlfriend from Napa, CA.

Hope ya'll enjoy the pictures. Greg, now that you have found my blogspot, maybe this will intice you and Patti to set sails next year for the Bahamas. Some of my pictures did not post, so I will go ahead and get the blog posted and hopefully try again tomorrow.

Good night from George Town.

The George Town family Regatta!

The GT family regatta was everything it was cranked up to be and then some. We had 4 days of great racing. They say the GT regatta is the best. The boats have hailed from Exuma, Ragged Island, Eleuthuera, Andros and the Abacos to race in this regatta. This is the 56th race. Regattas play a very vital part int the cultural heritage of the Bahamians. Bringing them together in a tradition of boat buildings, sailing and sportsmanship in a spirit of camaraderie and friendly rivalry. This year the cruisers got involved too. We sponsored a locals boat named "Two Friends". Once the community learned Penny was an artist, she had her work cut out for her. I made the stencils of the boat name and Penny traced them onto the boats. Not only did she do "Two Friends", but they sweet talked her into doing 2 other boats, "Lady Sonia" and "Bull Reg". They are owned by a local named Buzzie, who also owns Porgy's Bar & Grill.

After a long day of painting, it's off to Porgy's we go for some fun.

Bob & Penny dancing... to the tunes of Rake-N-Shake...

Class A, Lady Sonia with Penny...

Penny showing off her free hand lettering...


the race...

even the late Anna Nicole Smith's boat was racing...(This one is for you Laura Beth!!)

the boats coming in on the big barge from all the different Islands...





Two Friends waiting for the race to begin...

boats coming off the barge...

the little town of GT turned into another town within itself. Shacks like this were set up to serve drinks, food, drinks and more food. Fabulous!!!

This is one event everyone should put on their "Bucket List."

More later...

Easter Sunrise and Brunch

We were very blessed to enjoy an Easter Sunrise service on the beach. What a great way to remember our Creators Resurrection.
Then later that day, we had brunch aboard Pretty Penny,
our friends we made in Nassau and had Christmas dinner with. Besides Bob and Penny, Wayne and Sharon from My Sharona and their friends all joined in. The pictures did not come out in the order of our day, but I'm sure you can figure it out anyway.We enjoyed another sunset after a lovely Easter.

Traditional conch blowing to end another perfect day...

The brunch spread...

The whole gang...

The ladies in their Easter dresses...

The beautiful sunrise...

What a day!!!

Life is good!

Clay & Rita-Kay

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!!! Especially mine!!!

Happy Mothers Day, mom!!! You are a very special mom indeed, who has always been there for me. Hope your day is as beautiful as you are, just keep on being that shinning star!!! Here are some special moments for my mom. My son, Casey, her "Crackerjack", spend some quality time together on my parents 60th Anniversary.

Here they are celebrating and sharing the cake...

3 of the 4 sibilings celebrating with them, my brother, Lee Scott, mom, me, dad and my sister, Laura Beth...

Mom is with one of her many nephews, my cousin, Scott...

and here we are all joined with my at my dad's funeral.

We have all shared memories of all kinds, some sad, most happy and several inbetween, but mom has survived them all. Thanks mom for all you do and all you have done. You are the

"BEST!!!"