I wanted to wash the new set of sheets before we left so I had to wait until 7:30 AM to get the tokens from the office. By the time I went down to the laundry, all four machines were in use. Since two were Martha’s, I asked her to let me know when she was going to switch machines so that I could grab her machine. So much for planning to be first to use the laundry machines.
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| Pekabu docked at Atlantis |
By 10:30 laundry was completed, Pete had completed his e-mails, I did more on the blog and the boat was ready to depart. We headed over to Hurricane Hole Marina for our diesel rather than fill up at our current marina due to the rocking and rolling. We were concerned about damage to the boat and to me (my shoulder is periodically problematic since St Augustine in early December.)
11:30 AM we were in the channel of Atlantis, when the harbor master gave us our slip assignments near the entry of the channel. A golf cart was traveling on shore towards the point with a lovely young lady, who waiving and yelling “Hello Pekabu!” and pointing to the slip we needed to enter. She took pictures of us as we approached the slip, waved and greeted us with “Welcome Pekabu,” and “How was your trip?” We thought the greetings from the staff here at the marina, was very energetic, welcoming, and personable and they were going to charge us for the picture. Then we saw her luggage. This was Julia, John and Betty’s daughter. After a good laugh, we secured the boat and invited Julia on board, then radioed over to let Andiamo know that a” lovely package was here on Pekabu.” Brunelle questioned about their “packages,” but we haven’t see them yet.
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| Stores at the Market Place |
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| Stores at the Market Place |
We helped Brunelle tie up next to the sea wall, but we had to wait for a while for Andiamo. Casino Royal needed to clear the channel before Andiamo could come in. All three of us are in the same area. One of the pools is right here. We can call on channel 10 and guest services will come out for us in the golf cart to drive us to another location on the resort. We have our “room” cards that have “M/Y(motor/yacht) Pekabu” on the cards with our arrival and departure dates.
As soon as we were checked in, we changed into bathing suits, put on the sun screen, locked the boat, said farewell to the others and headed in search of the water park. Our ride dropped us off at the Coral Hotel. From there it is a haze of just where we went wrong. Somehow we found our way to the Cave of Predators, which is the one of the aquarium, and stumbled upon a restaurant, where we had a great lunch. Our search continued past the ocean and when Pete went to ask directions, miraculously appeared an ice cream stand, with information where to find the Lazy River. Ice cream finished before we made it to the River, we thought we should have towels. I volunteered to get them. It was at that time I discovered we needed the wrist bands. Wrist bands need the room keys. Pete had the room keys in his pocket and Pete was up at the entrance to the Lazy River. I walked back for the keys. When I returned to have the keys swiped for the bands, there was a problem. 5 bands had already been granted on my “room” key today. They would not believe that we were only 2 people. Between phone problems, three boats registering together, and not wanting to charge me extra for the bands, things got a little crazy. I finally asked for a time stamp for the 5 bands. They were requested at 9:30 AM. I explained that I only checked in at 11:30 AM so it could not have been me. They finally agreed to give me the band, but Pete needed to be there and we each needed to sign for them. Back up to Lazy River I went. He came back down to the hut and read them the riot act then signed for the band. Now we could have some fun 45 minutes after I had left for the towels.
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| SOULMATE in the harbor |
Lazy River was just that. . .lazy and relaxing and took only 10 minutes to complete the loop. A couple of times around was great, but we decided to try and find the more intense one. A 10 minute walk and success! The Current was very different. 2 sets of rapids, a wave area, a sharp turn, elevators, swift water, moderately running water, choices of rapids or tower where you can choose from two shoots with completely dark areas of water slides, one area that the water jets actually shoots you uphill. This circuit takes 30 minutes to complete. It was so much fun, we did it twice, but the ride starts to close at 5.
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| Pete as a Bahamian Junkaroo |
We came back to shower and change so that we could head out for dinner. We had planned on an Italian dinner after taking some pictures, but the place was closed. We continued on and investigated the Seafire Steak House. Reservations were required so we ate at the bar instead. The food and service were great.
Needing to stretch our legs and walk off some of that great meal, we walked up to the Coral Hotel. We found the Kids Speedway and Club Rush area. Then went up to the shops and found shirts for Pete. Donated $20 at slot machine in the casino and then decided to walk back to the boat. It was fun to glance into the larger boats as we walked by.
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| Some of the beautiful glass art |
John, Betty and Julia were in Andiamo’s cockpit when we got back and invited us to come aboard. After a lovely visit we agreed that if Betty and I were up at 7:30 we’d head out to take some pictures. This is a great place for photos.
What a great day!
~ ~ (\_~ ~ ~ Kathy and Pete
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