The Kaufmann Family visit

The Kaufmann's with Jim and Michelle

Madeline, Adelaide, Willem, Amelia, Rainier, Jim and Michelle ( friends from Toronto who rented a cottage in Hopetown) came for a visit via their very fast 20ft skiff.  Ad, Will and Am are Rainier and Madeline's children,  Michelle is Madeline's sista and Jim is Michelle's husband - so these are the characters of our story.

Ad, Rain, Mad, Will and Am

The family switched things up  this winter and instead of going on their usual ski trip decided to spend a week in the Bahamas, the Abaco's to be exact.

So here we are,  Branko diving on Sandy Cay with John from Makani,  myself and Kathi are snorkeling above them, watching the fish,  spotted eagle rays, barracuda and coral, when a family comes by snorkeling the cay themselves.   We wave and say hello and that was that.   Later on we realized that this was 'the Family'  and hadn't recognized them.  But don't worry folks because they did come back, twice :-)

Our ride 

We arranged to lunch at Pete's Pub in Little Harbour the next day.   Amelia,  the younger daughter did most of the driving.  They picked us up and then quickly scooted over the swells to Little Harbour. What a  pleasure for Branko and I -  door to door service.

I had heard that we MUST take a T-shirt to the pub,  write our boat name on it and then hang it from the ceiling  -  seems that this is the 'thing' at Pete's. I took one of Branko's very large, very used, clean T-shirts and some markers with me.    Thought it would be a fun family thing to do.  Everyone participated.  It is always great when you have a family of artists - so of course the t-shirt was (still is) a thing of beauty.

Hanging the T-shirt

Willem and Branko

We had to hang the t-shirt,  on the ceiling - with no ladder - what to do? what to do? In Branko style,  he told Willem to get on his shoulders (with a loaded staple gun) and staple the T-shirt to the roof.   We were entertainment for the Pub - if they had not been looking they surely heard us.   Amelia was next to finish the job and hopped up on Branko's shoulders.

Ring toss - Jim and Willem

 We rounded out the Pub crawl with lunch, many drinks (thank you Jim and Michelle) and of course ring toss.   A small boy of about 4 was quite good and showed a few of us up - now don't ask me why a boy of 4 is hanging out in the pub playing ring toss with the patrons....it's just that kind of place.

Amelia and Rainier 

We left a number of hours later to do some swimming and conch shell finding.

Our anchorage has a nice white sand beach,  where we found shells and some relaxation.   Jim, pulled out more drinks from his cooler and a beach party ensued - all too soon they had to leave and we waved goodbye as they high tailed it out.

What fun,  we really enjoyed their visit.

Willem

Amelia

Adelaide