On Friday we had more chores in preparation for the Bahamas. We had a Bahamas flag, a yellow quarantine flag, and even a diver down flag, but no US one. The previous owner, a great guy and Vietnam vet, would be appalled. We ordered a nice one.
We cancelled the Nassau legs of Heather's flights back to Phoenix and reserved her a rental car in Phoenix. We started the generator for the first time since last summer. It turned over for quite a while before it finally kicked over but was soon running smoothly. We need to start it every month or two even if we don't need it. We measured replacement diesel jugs. We bought the originals in Texas 18 months ago and the sun had already chewed them up. And we finished prepping for an oil change for the diesel.
After running around FtL for hours in their traffic (a toxic combination of inattentiveness and impatience) we went to the movies. We saw Ready Player One at the Imax in 3D. Despite neither of us being gamers we enjoyed it a lot. It was very pretty, sometimes a little loud even for me, and all the 80s era nostalgia was hard to resist for folks our age.
On Saturday we payed for our mooring thru Heather's return. We made not one but two trips to the French bakery between us and the beach, about a block away. After procrastinating as long as we could we got to the diesel oil change. The new electric pump worked fairly well but I should have warmed the oil up a little more. We didn't make too much of a mess, and it was way overdue.
I spent the rest of the daylight reviewing charts and guide books for the Bahamas. Heather made tacos for dinner and I ate way too much. A good day.
The picture below is looking southwest from our mooring before the last two were occupied. There is a music festival scheduled for the beach soon and every slip and mooring is now taken.
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