LIFE at Great Guana Cay

View of 7-Mile Beach, taken from the upper deck of Nippers, the legendary Guana Cay Tiki bar/restaurant. This place is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner 363 days a year. The owner told us they close on Christmas Day and one other day, but he couldn't remember which one...
Probably suffering from "CRS" (Can't Remember S**t) induced by prolonged exposure to their drink specialty "The Nipper". More than two of those at a sitting brings on early onset CRS.


Susan at sea level on 7-mile beach. The most beautiful sand-castle material I've seen in a long, long, time!


Captain King wades ashore from the sea, shouting: "I hereby lay claim to this beach in the name of the Baby Boomer Generation, its heirs and assigns, free and clear forever!"


Preparing for our second SCUBA diving lesson. Am I the only one here?


World Headquarters for Guana Dive International, Ltd. Pretty snazzy office, eh?


We've been taking full advantage of all that the Bahamas has to offer. Sunny, warm days interwoven with rainy, cool days. On the sunny ones, we roam the island on our scooters, terrifying the populace with our tendency to drive on the right-hand side of the road (they follow British driving rules here). We frequent the beaches, restaurants, Tiki bars, and small merchants of the island. On rainy days, we hibernate, read, do laundry, watch television, take long naps, and visit with new friends aboard nearby boats.

We've also been working toward the PADI Open Water SCUBA Diver certification. This calls for study of the diving instruction manualsl, taking tests to ensure we've absorbed the necessary knowledge, and video instruction, along with 5 lagoon (shallow-water) dive classes, and 5 open-water reef dives to demonstrate our competence. We did our first two reef dives yesterday, and we are clearly hooked! I will be forever grateful to our friend, Terry Carron, for giving me most of the diving gear I will need: wet suit, regulator, vest BCD (Bouyancy Control Device), gear bag, and more. To be honest, without his generous gift, I probably would have been content with my snorkel gear, having never had much interest in going deeper underwater. However, I reasoned that by learning to use it, I could easily save money by cleaning our boat's bottom myself! Now we have to save some money to purchase Susan's gear next time we return to the US. Bahamian duty fees just about double the price of anything you buy here that is made elsewhere.

LIFE on Great Guana Cay has been a joy! Wish you were here!