Travel
Georgetown
May 25, 2007
Howling winds yawing and pitching Cheyenne seem to be the norm for these many days here in Georgetown. The word around is that this is unusual weather for this time of year, but it hasn't been in the least unusual since Tony and I have been cruising the Bahamas! I really don't mind the wind all that much, as I'm a wind and water girl, but it has put a definite damper on the adventures of discovery of far flung islands. For this I am disappointed.
The scenes presented are stupendous, however. Lightening like the Aurora highlighting the horizon warning us of the late night storms to descend. Cracking thunder and jagged streaks of electricity cut through the sheets of downpour. Sunsets beyond the imaginative depiction of paintings glorify the evenings. I haven't seen star studded skies like this since a little girl at the river camp in Kittanning. I dig out my starfinder and confuse myself thoroughly with figuring out the positions of constellations I never believed I could discern. It is all so beautiful and wonderfully (and literally) enlightening!
Tony is patiently waiting while the seas batter Cheyenne on a 20-30 kn wind day. I am onshore at a hotspot to connect with you all. We'll be here, from the sounds of it, until at least Wednesday as that is when the strong winds are predicted to abate. I'll try to get in again to write before we leave, but no guarantees. It's an East wind so we've anchored across the bay to escape the leeward shore. We brought the boat across and reanchored just so the dinghy rides in would be shortened and thus safer and less drenching.
We'll remove the boat back across when I am done here.
Take care all my dear friends and relatives and love from the intrepid (and currently very restless and stuck) sailors
Tony & Kat~ : )