It is hard to believe that this smiling, or is he gritting his teeth, man was sick from Friday morning to Monday morning with the flu!!! He bravely rallied round to go sailing with Judy and Anthony on the Swan, also on board were Michael and Ann.
Judy said the waves were about 4 feet high but I'm sure they were closer to 40!!! I found comfort in having this bucket close at hand. Really thought I might need it!!!!
Whew, back into the canal. Nice calm water compared to what lay just beyond the point!!!
One of the many homes along the canal. There are a great many canals on the island. All of the residential and tourist accommodation is on the south side of the island. There are no homes on the north side. It is amazing how many of the hotels, condos and homes are empty. Two hurricanes devistated Grand Bahama in 2004/05. They came back to back. At one time 85% of the tourists coming here were from the States but because of their economic times, tourism is really down and many places are closed, stores, restaurants etc.
So glad to be coming back into Ocean Reef and the good feel of the LAND!!!!
What a beautiful sight!!!! Proud to be Canadians!!!!
Meet Tristan. Six years old and as his grammie says,"Going on 26!!!" This is Jerrisma's grandson. He wanted to come in the car with us and I said fine, come but don't sit on my hat!!! When I turned around to back out of the driveway, he was sitting back there as quiet as a mouse wearing my hat!!! Too funny. 
After church in West End, I went back to Jerrisma's house for lunch. What a feast she had prepared - chicken, lobster, fish, peas and rice, mac and cheese, a tossed salad, potato salad, banana bread, pineapple bread!!!! Wow!!! Too bad Ray!!! Get better soon!!!
Tristan asked me to take a picture of him and his grammie. He is trying so hard here not to open his mouth as he is at that stage of not having any front teeth. He is just too cute!!!! I can't wait to introduce him to my grandbabies that are coming from Feb. 20-27th so if you are planning on coming to visit, please note, the second bedroom is occupied between those dates!!!! We leave March 26th so keep that in mind too!!!
Jerrisma outside her church. All I can say about church here is that when the Holy Spirit has its way, the Holy Spirit has its way. Quite the experience for me. I plan to go back for a Sunday when the preacher is in charge!!!
This is the view as you walk out of the church!!! Wow, I want to live this close to the ocean!!!The following picures are from the Garden of the Groves which is the second of Grand Bahama's National Parks that we have visited. We won't be going to the third park as it is a reef!!!
Gorgeous labarinth!!!!
Duck for dinner tonight!!!!
A Zebra Winged Butterfly
I think our grandbabies would enjoy this!!!!
This is our beach. It is a 3 minute ride from the house. It is always this crowed!!!!!
Come and enjoy the Bahamas with us!!!!I almost forgot the cell phone story!!! I have been driving everyone crazy by refusing to get a cell phone so on Friday Jerrisma came over with a phone for me and on Saturday Janet, our super landlady, gave me some of her minutes!!!! So, not only do I now have a cell phone, I also have people putting minutes on it for me!!!!! My number??? 2426467622 One problem with the phone.....It keeps ringing. Today I've missed 3 calls already!!!! Gotta love it!!!!
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