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People We Met Along the Way

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We met alot of interesting people on our journey, people who shared a bit about themselves with us.   The following is a thumbnail collection of what we found out about a few of those people.   Vindaloo Grant & Wendy Wolfe , Texas, aboard "Vindaloo", a Power Cat.   Vindaloo was anchored about a half mile away from us at Bonds Cay.   They stopped to say hello while passing on their way to do a little snorkeling.     Very friendly and fun to talk to.   Later that evening when I was talking to my friend Bill in Maine I told him we had met a nice couple: Grant and Wendy.   Bill said "Grant and Wendy Wolfe?"   Small world.   Sam and his parents Sam from Nassua (originally from the UK) with his parents Steve & Fran  who were visiting Sam in the Bahamas.     We met them at Highborne Cay where Sam had brought them for lunch.     They had arrived at the sam...

Bahamas in our Wake

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Liz and I are incredibly fortunate.  We have just completed a 90 day adventure in the island nation of the Bahamas, travelling over 2,000 miles and visiting 24 different islands.   Swimming in crystal clear water.  Warmed by the sun.  Meeting interesting people.   Every day something new. I have dreamed of this kind of adventure all my life and have managed to find myself on quite few:  rafting trip on the Green River, summers on the Juneau Icefield;  a month long ski touring trip on the glaciers of Baffin Island; coring lake sediments along the arctic circle in Sweden; back packing the W trail in Torres del Paine.  Each demanding skilled and trusted partners to adventurer with.       I am incredibly fortunate that Liz is also one of those adventurers.  No, before she met me she had never imagined cruising on her own trawler, but she has her own sense of adventure, always willing to try something new.  ...