February 15, 2014
Today I thought we were spending
the day in Providenciales but things change.
Always – just be flexible. Daniel
was still suffering with his back and really woke up not feeling like
continuing on so I gave him another dose of medicine and then took advantage of
the wifi in the area to FaceTime with all 3 of our sons and their
families. I also had time to call both
our Moms and FaceTime my friend, Blenda, so it was a good way to spend my
morning. I had about decided after all
of that catching up that I would take D-Time into town and walk around. I haven’t actually touched solid ground since
we were in George Town, Bahamas and I was itching to touch some. About that time Mark and Amanda came on the radio
to let us know their plans to move a little further south to position
themselves for a bit of a shorter passage to the Dominican Republic. The next few days, weather wise, is perfect
for moving on, but the weather window is really only good for the next 2
days. After that, wherever you are, you
are most likely stuck for the next 6 days.
Since our next stop was the Dominican Republic, I woke Daniel and shared
Mark and Amanda’s plan.
Daniel shook off the medicine and
started looking at weather and charts. We
decided that Mark and Amanda had a great plan and asked if we could
follow. Daniel really couldn’t steer
much right now because of his back, so since I would be doing the steering, I asked
Mark and Amanda if we could just “follow them”.
They were wonderful about it all and said, no problem. So that was the plan, we took off just after
noon and about 3 ½ hours later we dropped the anchor at French Cay,
Caicos. A really cool portion of the
trip was a dolphin that followed us, did circles around the boat and followed
us some more. We saw him for more than
half the trip. I was a little sad about
leaving Providenciales but French Cay made up for it. A tiny little island in the middle of the
Caicos Banks. We were the only humans
on/near the island. It was totally
wonderful. Amanda and I went ashore and
walked the beach, I really, really wanted to touch the land and walk around and
she was sweet enough to keep me company.
It was a wonderful break. Lots and lots of shells on the beach and lots
of birds on the island. I did a little
bit of snorkeling, too. Really nice
afternoon at French Cay.
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