OUR NEW INFLATABLE

Inflatable deflated and packaged in a huge zippered bag

Pumped up and looks awesome!

Day one of getting our catamaran water-ready. Paul washed the outside of the boat and I was inside cleaning and putting some provisions away that we brought down in the car. We did open the crated brand new Mercury inflatable. It looks awesome and many people commented on it as they walked by. It has a hard floor bottom as opposed to the soft floor bottom of the last one. It also has a fibreglass bottom compared to the last one. This will zoom along just fine. We brought down our 25hp motor so we will put this dinghy in the water and test drive it next week. Inflatables are taxis for boats at anchor. No boat in the Bahamas travels without one.

Now that I have provisioned for the Bahamas once before I know which products I can only buy in Canada to bring down. Here is a sampling of products that we use at home all the time and I am unable to purchase here in Florida.

Uncle Ben's Rice … the 12 portion size, Natural Select Olive Oil, Roasted Garlic (only instant individual servings of this rice here)

Quinoa at Costco (a fraction of the price than here)

Smoked Oysters, mussels and escargot.... few and far between, but I can buy canned Squid which looks real bad but the boys loved it on a cracker

Knorr Pasta Sauce mix... ie: Parma Rosa, Three Cheese

Mott's Garden Cocktail

Soda Stream Flavours only available in Canada –

Orange/Mango and Orange/Grapefruit at Home Outfitters

Peak Freans No Sugar Added Cookies … any kind.

So these above products I brought down with me, as we fly down again end of December with just carry-ons, no liquid or heavy items allowed.

Paul and I walked the beach tonight just for a change. Down here I forget that you can drive on the beach in the daylight hours. So different. There is a specific laneway so no worries of cars just going crazy driving all over the place. The surf was loud and so beautiful. I will bring our camera next time.

How can you tell the length of an alligator?

Each inch from its eyes to the tip of nose equals one foot!