February 14, 2009 - Happy Valentine’s Day Everybody!

The "road" to the beach!!! It's very hilly in Man O' War Cay!

A photo of Chris standing on the Queens Highway in Man O' War Cay

Chris & I at the Commodore's Ball!

Some of the Dock 7 crew going to the Commodore's Ball

A photo of the library on Man O' War Cay

The Commodore’s Ball was last night and it was lovely. Everyone danced the night away and the theme of the Ball was “Mardi Gras” so of course masks were involved. Here’s Chris & I in our “boat finest” duds accompanied by masks!

Today we took the Donnie Ferry over to Man O’ War Cay. There was an island-wide flea market, bake sale, etc. to raise money for the school on the Island. We left Boat Harbour at 9:00 am and came back at 1:30 pm. Man O’ War Cay was wonderful. It was the “cleanest” cay we’ve visited thus far. I mean, there was NO litter whatsoever and once you got away from the crowds downtown, it was so tranquil. Everyone's yard was a picture postcard with colorful flowers. It’s a “dry” cay so no bars at all, but the waterfront is very pretty and there aren’t many cars on the island at all - just golf carts - quite a contrast to the busy streets of Marsh Harbour. Normally Man O' War only has about 320 residents, but today it was packed with folks brought in from all over the Abacos. I’ve enclosed photos of the Library and a photo of the Queens Highway - yup, this is a highway folks and a photo of the street that leads to their beautiful beach. It was a nice day and the weather was perfect!

Tonight none of the women on 7 dock wanted to cook and going out to dinner here is REALLY expensive so we’re ordering pizzas and having our own version of a Valentine’s Day Party - maybe I’ll even drag out the guitar (where are you Dave Hawley).

I hope all of you are having a wonderful Valentine’s Day!!!!