We’ve had two nights of blowing wind and rain, with one calm night in between. They call them squalls here, they come quickly and sometimes unpredicted.

Sunday night got up to 30+ knots, on anchor I felt like we were on a rough sea. Ed didn’t sleep much at all. There were people up in the middle of the night with spotlights, like Ed, checking on their dinghies.

We heard on the radio the next day that one boat dragged and got their anchor hung up on another boat’s anchor line.

Last night was not quite as rough but we got a lot of rain. And some thunder and lightning brought Ziggy the wonder dog leaping into our bed.

A stray dinghy was beached behind us, he had broken free and made his way to shore. We saw the owner on nearby Corsair snorkel up there to bring the wayward child home.

Good news with all this rain our little rain catcher system was putting rainwater into our tanks. Free H2O!!

We are thankful for small favors.

Like favorable southern winds today, although rain may hit us. We are starting back north, short trip to Emerald Bay Marina where we will wait for winds to change.

Bye to volleyball, chat ‘n chill and the best conch salad we’ve had. And new friends we hope to see down the road.