OK...how about round three of "Living the Dream"...

Wow!  The summer went fast.  We got back to the US in mid-June and left Oriental October, 26.  We were busy with family and annual boat maintenance most of the summer.  We did get to do some sailing, however.  We went to Ocrakoke with “Sapphire”.  Mike and Kathy kept going north to the Chesapeake from there.

We went to Cape Lookout with some of our Oriental friends on “Angel’s Wing”, and Kim and I spent a few days in Bath and “Little” Washington, NC.  The cruising is great in NC.  We even went to a Saturday night potluck at Paradise Marina near Oriental.  It’s a weekly event that draws a lot of the cruisers who are summering in the area.

Fine Lion got a new set of cockpit cushions and hatch covers along with normal maintenance items.  We did some varnishing and waxing to get ready, and Scott got us a set of covers for our diesel and gasoline jugs that we carry on deck.  He wanted Fine Lion to be more “dressed up”. 

So…now we go again to the Bahamas!

We love it.  We’re sure that 2009 – 2010 will be another great “cruising year”.  We especially look forward to meeting up with our “old” friends along with new ones that we have yet to meet.  We are “planning” (written in sand) to get to the Jumentos early in the season.  We really enjoyed them and want to spend more time there this year.

Kim did the log updates last year and we will share the updates this year.  In other words, who knows what the updates will look like? In any event, be sure and check the site often enough so that you are up to date on the wayward Snyders on Fine Lion.  This is a great life and we like to share it with all our friends.

We will attempt to keep posting interesting pictures.  The scenery is always great in the Bahamas.  Sometimes we’re having way too much fun to have time to take pictures, but we’ll try.

See you “Down Island”…

Remember:

    "A tourist remains an outsider throughout his visit; but a sailor is part
    of the local scene from the moment he arrives"
   

                                         - Anne Davison


So sail along with us!


Steve and Kim