Driving Rain and Left Side Road

 Today found us with lots of cloud and lots of rain.  We snuck in a fast soak in the jacuzzi this morning before our last trip to the grocery store.  A bit of fresh fruit (no fresh foods can be brought back into the states) and enough flour to continue my bread making. 

We watched the downpour from the game room where I have yet to beat Paul at pool.  The closest I came was so close...
Paul won after I left him this shot!

The wet made getting on and off the boat a bit tricky.  During high tides, the boat is about 3 feet above the dock and 3 feet away.  Low tide 3 feet too low.  Normally Paul or I pull the boat closer and climb up or down.  Today I thankfully grabbed his hand before jumping - I slid across the wet dock and would have joined the fish on the other side!  Ugh.  No blood only a small bruise to my shin.  No jumping when wet!


Our driving experience here in The Grand Bahamas.

The signs:

                This is for a 90 degree turn.                                Hard to adjust to left lane travel.


                                      We never rented bikes because the roads are crazy with twists, multiple rotaries and no real bike lane on most roads.  Despite the speed limit of 45 mph for cars (30mph for buses), people do drive faster.  (Not a shocker!)  There are few walkers probably for the same reason.

                                           Hard to see but says "Undertakers love overtakers", 
                                            which is what they call people who pass.  Cute.

And then there are the locals:







                                         The bus stops are very clearly marked in bright paint.  

And then the non-locals:

                                        I am guessing somewhere in low country is their home.

A video of one of our drives.  Paul did a great job staying on the left side of the road except for a couple times on side roads where we realized it before there was traffic!   The disruption around the corner on the rotary was my camera falling off the dash.


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