BY THE NUMBERS 2022 EXUMA TRIP

 This post is more for our records and to compare from one year/season to others. This summer we plan to visit the Abacos, Bahamas for the first time so the title for this post is a little different because I have included Exuma in it. This was our 9th!!! time visiting Exumas on Time Out; this summer we plan to venture somewhere new in the beautiful Bahamas.

84    Days in Bahamas

18    nights of guests on board in our guest stateroom

16    nights in a marina (we flew home for a week and left boat)

5      Soda stream CO 2 gas containers used, I ran out this year!

2      Staniel Cay t-shirts bought for souvenirs

1      Barracuda caught .... zero Mahi Mahi

725  Gallons of fuel (U.S. gallon)

87    Hours on our generator

2    Seasons of Jack Ryan was watched (great show)

17    Butane canisters were used, we cooked alot!

4.53    Was the price per gallon in February in Nassau

6.11    Was the price per gallon in April in Nassau

3        Homemade pizzas made for 3 couples for Paul's birthday

22      Hours of drive time to get back to Canada

Some more cool boat names I saw on our way back to Florida

Its Aboat Time

Liquid Pleasure

Half Mine

Sea The Good

Sweet Emocean

Crime Pays (our friends, he is retired police)

Our next post will be in June when we arrive in the Abacos.

MAHI MAHI? NO

 We have left Rose Island and West Bay. We are at a marina in Bimini just waiting for the waves to die down so we can cross to Florida. Our on way here we caught a huge fish on the line. We are bringing it in but can see it is not a Mahi Mahi. Unfortunately, it was even one we can keep. It was a huge barracuda. It got to swim another day.

We are socializing here in Bimini because as a coincidence two couples that we know from our Florida marina are here. We dinghied to their marina and sat at their pool yesterday. On Friday they picked us up and we went out for lunch. We are leaving these blue waters soon.

Joe's Conch Shack

Mountains of conch shells (dead....umm, plug your nose)

Radio Beach is nearby that I have walked to. I collect shells and sea glass. It was absolutely beautiful and calm the day we arrived.

There are huge sharks here in the Bimini area including the marina because the fishermen return and clean their fish here. All scraps go into the water for the sharks, rays, fish and the birds even want a piece now and again. It is amazing. Of course, do not fall in the water!!

The sea gulls are pretty awesome too. They have some great skills to get the scraps before the sharks do. 

Paul has a birthday tomorrow so it is more fun with friends. Grilled pizza on our barbeque is the plan.