March 27, 2015

March 27, 2015

Friday: Normans Cay

Our tour guides took us exploring once again.  Our destination today is MacDuffs restaurant and resort.  There is an airstrip/airport on Norman's.  It is surrounded by a massive amount of newly installed fence--why didn't Steve get any jobs in places like this when he was in the fence business?  Evie informed us that before all the new development here, one could just walk across the landing strip to MacDuffs, but now we had to walk all the way around.  We met for the second time the manager of the development project here.  He couldn't tell us much about the company or individual developing the property; it was all kept close to the cuff.  

MacDuffs is on the Exuma Bank side of the island.  There are 3 or 4 newly built cottages which are joined to the restaurant and one another by a boarded path surrounded by bougainvillea (spelling?).  The bougainvillea is in bloom with one plant's flowers in both orange and pink.  After it warmed up, we headed to MacDuffs for some refreshment.  We ordered some drinks and appetizers for lunch and enjoyed the cool breezes on the deck. 

Late (remember, boaters midnight is 9:00p.m.)  in the night, a storm came up.  We were awakened by the wind and the clattering of glassware.  Around midnight we got up and watched the storm by radar.  The lightning came closer and closer.  The highest winds I saw on the anemometer were at 36 knots.  I overheard another boater in the area record 60kn winds on their sailboat.  Around 4:30, the storm and winds passed and I went back to bed hoping for some sleep.  I didn't sleep long for we were in store for another thrill shortly after breakfast.  

Joy

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