Feb 16, 2015 Batteries

I guess I should get you caught up on what's happening.  The supply ship was suppose to be here on Wed, February 11th, and no such luck, the weather in the Gulf Stream made it too rough to cross.  No ship on Thursday either.  The dock master told us it would be in at 10:00 a.m. on Friday.  Well that passed too.  Kathy was looking out the port light in the galley at 7:00 p.m., and there she was, the Bahamas Express.  They unloaded the ship in record time, 1 1/2 hours, but Rich had to wait until Saturday morning to get the batteries through customs.  We were all so excited as the forklift brought them to the boat.  The nice man even waved at us.  Then the hard part for Rich.  I guess those batteries weighed a lot.  I heard Rich say they weighed in at 343 pounds...that lead is really heavy!!  Good thing a fellow cruiser helped Rich load and unload the batteries, because Bitts and I put together could not have managed to help with our little paws.  Kathy was conveniently busy making homemade English muffins, and since the dough had risen, she had to attack that job, or so she said.  I don't think she really wanted to help with the batteries.  Rich was able to install all 5 of them.  On Sunday he programed the new regulator, and said we are in business.  Rich is happy that everything is running perfect.  That means we need to wait for the next weather window, which will be tomorrow, Tuesday, February 17th.  We have been here exactly 4 weeks, but have really enjoyed Andros and the people.  Bitts and I got spoiled by being able to do our business on grass everyday.  I won't have a problem on the boat, but boy oh boy, Bitts will have to be retrained again.  She's such a baby.  We met a lot of friendly cruisers who made Morgan's Bluff an overnite or couple day stop.  Rich and Kathy will be looking for them down island.  So tomorrow we head off to Nassau, and then will have to wait for another weather window which will be on the weekend.  Don't know when I will have WiFi available, so follow us on our SPOT, and check in once in awhile to see what we are up to.