BASKET-WEAVING UPDATE
Diane created her first two baskets. The first basket is very small and holds some of the sea glass found on the beach. The second one is in under construction and is planned to be a bread basket. Hours are spent on creating baskets that take a life of their own while under construction.
CRUISES
Inspite of the cool weather, we were able to take a couple of trips.............
Powell Cay
We took a trip North to Powell Cay, which is about 40 miles north of Marsh Harbour. This Island is uninhabited with a beach that wraps around the Island and offers great exploring. It's a great place to find shells and driftwood. We stayed there for two nights, then had to go to Green Turtle Cay because of a cold front that was coming through bringing heavy winds. 
Green Turtle Cay
We went to GTC to meet Nick and Sharon on TOI BOAT, who had just crossed the Gulf Stream. We anchored in White Sound for two nights then went to the Green Turtle Club to take advantage of the dine-for-dockage offer.... if you eat at the GTC restaurant, dockage is free.
We spent a couple of days visiting and beach combing.
We bought fresh conch salad on the dock and saw some wahoo that was just caught by local fishermen. 
Lynyard Cay and Little Harbour
Little Harbour is the farthest South that we travel in the Abacos, it's about 15 miles south of Marsh Harbour located on the southern most end of Great Abaco Island. The day that we traveled was pretty windy. As we traveled by North Bar Channel, which is one of the passages from the Sea of Abaco to the Atlantic Ocean, we had four-foot ocean swells. Waves can be seen exploding on the small Cays between the Ocean and Sea of Abaco. We anchored off Lynyard Cay, which offers great beach combing. We took a dinghy ride to Little Harbour, which is a very small harbor enclosed by a semicircle of beach and a rocky shoreline containing caves.
The attraction of LH is Pete's Pub and Gallery. The Gallery was started by Randolph Johnston, who made LH his home in mid-1950 and founded an art colony there. His son Pete now runs the Gallery and makes life size marine bronzes and jewelry. He also runs the Pub, which is an open-air bar on the beach.
We had lunch at the Pub with Nick and Sharon (TOI BOAT), Judy and Allen (SESAME).
Barefoot Man Concert at Nippers Pub
The concert took place at Nippers on Guana Cay. Nippers is one of the most popular beach bar and grills in the Abacos, located on a dune overlooking a beautiful Atlantic Ocean beach and reef. A swimming pool is located in the middle of the bar area and live music is usually playing. Barefoot man concerts draw a large crowd, many who usually drink one too many frozen nippers.
NEXT FEW WEEKS
It's great to have daylight savings time back! We are hoping that Spring weather starts soon. This winter has been our coldest so far with one cold front after another bringing windy conditions and high temps averaging about 60-65 degrees.
We are getting ready for Lisa and John's two-week visit, which requires us to off load some of our stuff to free up their bunk. We hope to take them cruising to Green Turtle Cay and some of the Northern Cays, weather permitting.
We will be attending the last RMHYC function, Western Hoe Down, which is a dinner/dance on March 16. Many RMHYC members will be looking to head back to the States soon after. We will look to return the end of April.
