Rock sound pics, catching up

This is what a $4 shot at the Homecoming looks like. Yikes!



Carrots cut up on the table




Three cheers for these here fish cakes.



Ruth's mad mad fish cakes!



The Government mail boat hit this yacht because it had it's anchor light off while in the harbor. Woops.

SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 2008 ROCK SOUND 3 by Jack Spratt
Hiya peoples. Wish we could get online. I realize it’s been weeks since we were online, I suppose it was on Cat Island. Since then, we’ve been writing, but it’s just become more ones and zeroes to throw on the pile. So sorry, that this is so long to reach you. We also wish we could get some email, but that’s not really an option for the money they’re charging here.
We’re looking forward to moving along, just so we can get some stuff taken care of. Like, we need gas, we’ll need water pretty soon, and we need to hit some stores. Rock Sound is super cool though, super laid back. The homecoming festival just happened to be going on the last several days while we’ve been here, and we’re anchored just off the beach where it all goes down, so we can hear the music really well. I got to hear my favorite Bahamian song, which is by someone named KB, and it’s called “Government Dam,” or something. The food was really awesome, only $8 for a massive plate of chicken, mac and cheese, potato salad, and whatever. They also had grilled conch, which was pretty wack when we had it, but when we tasted Albert’s it was really good. Go figure on that.
After a few days of the same songs played at a deafening volume, we had enough yumpin’ and yivin,’ so when Gary hailed us from the beach and asked if we want to go for a ride, we were glad to take him up on it. We had a few beers and whatnot, and ate at both the festival again, and then a place that sold “chicken in a bag” for $3. It was a snack of chicken, fries, buttered roll, and macaroni and cheese. Great deal. And the beers were the cheapest in the Bahamas so far, at $2.40 each. Gary is really cool, and very smart, but very pessimistic. He seems really unhappy here, and confirmed it when asked. And further, he said he was lonely, and it confirmed something that Ruth and I had thought of- that this is paradise, as long as you have someone to share it with, but it might be really hard to be here alone. We’re lucky to have each other. It’s funny, Gary’s white, and even though he was born here, he speaks more like he’s from Flint or something than from here. I guess he spent a ton of time in the states, and now he’s a bit of a fish out of water. Anyway, so much for the social analysis.
I don’t have much to report, except that we’re here, waiting for the holidays to be over so we can buy stuff, and now that there’s a cold front coming, we’re going to be waiting for that to end too. It’s supposed to be more intense, with winds in the 30’s.
I guess that’s all. Just that we’re lazy is the only news, and that’s not even. Like today, I didn’t do a damned thing. I finished Treasure Island again last night, so I didn’t even read. I guess I played the ukelele a while, and the clarinet, and wrote a song that’s about 30 seconds long, but that’s about it. I am truly a lazy, lazy man. The idea of going to a job just seems insane to me right now. I think I’d rather stay home and eat rice and read books. Ruth worked hard though, and cooked a ton of food, and ran in the a.m., and whatever, just trying to make me look bad. She made fish cakes that would make you weep they were so good. Anyway, I’m just rambling. I don’t have much to write to you all, but really am just doing it because I feel like talking to you and I can’t. And this isn’t any substitute, and will just convince you that I have nothing to say, so I’ll go.

Love you all though. As I know Ruth does. You are all in our thoughts, all the time.