Puppy Love

Two dogs meet for the first time on the docks at Compass Cay, Exumas, The Bahamas

Steal Away

And, at 0-dark:thirty that's what I did.

onSpot WiFi is installing another V-Sat/WiFi Hotspot in the islands and the 7:00 AM flight for Staniel Cay was the best we could do. Awake at 3, on the road at 4, arriving at Watermakers Air at 5:30.

It's nice to be heading back to the islands, the gig will finally give me something to point my camera at and take some photos.
Unfortunately, Crew Istaboa was left behind in the bed; the boys were a bit confused, but at 3:30 so was I.

We made it to Hangar 19 early, unloaded the car, and carried all the communications gear and tools into the hangar. (No TSA here) Of course the box that contained all the bits of technology, that had been meticulously packaged, had to be opened and everything had to come out because the large container was about an inch too big to fit into the cargo hold of the plane.

But, at the last minute the kind folks at Watermakers Air did their magic and everything was loaded. I wish I could always fly Watermakers Air; smart, nice, and very resourceful.

Up and over Fort Lauderdale on a heading for Andros.

As we pass over the western coast of Andros the only word I can think of to describe it is... otherworldly.  It's truly an interesting place and worth a quick read. Andros Wikipedia

About 10 minutes after landing at Fresh Creek to check in with customs we took off and were back in the air and flying toward the Exumas.

Lots of this — my favorite color.

Then, literally, appearing out of the blue was Pipe Creek, Wild Tamarind Cay and Over Yonder Cay.

Isn't it amazing?

This is our customer base; our marketplace. On these islands, if they can't get internet any other way, they call onSpot. We always find a way and we'll keep it working where nobody else can. Then after it's stable and newer technology is developed, we go to work on making it better.

The anchorage at Big Majors Cay

The runway at Staniel Cay.
Home again and Tucker was there waiting for us. We loaded everything into Tuck's Albury, ran up Pipe Creek, and immediately went to work. Not a bad day at the office.

The lodge is our humble abode for the next couple of days.
Nice digs

This install has gone quickly and, despite working on a remote island with no resources, it went off pretty smoothly. Will has all the hardware in place and we've got net all over the island . Tomorrow we'll work out the details then wrap it up. There's now a back-up for the present system that will also double the bandwidth, throughput, and reliability.

Also, for you folks who often enjoy Compass Cay and the island bungalows there you'll be happy to know there's now stable internet.  Or... maybe you won't.

Compass Blue-Net has been launched.

In Our Wake

All these places have their moments •

Pretty Cool

For those times you just gotta have net ••• — — — •••

Steak, Vodka, And Cavier

Reblogged from Doonesbury/Slate who reblogged from somewhere else

Thinkin' Abacos

Elbow Cay

FireFly — overlooking the Sea of Abaco

Hopetown Lighthouse

Flotsam and jetsam

Turning the light back on...

...for a minute.

We made it back to Jupiter, but haven't been doing anything special; certainly nothing significant.
Not sure what future plans are other than to enjoy this wonderful weather. That last cold front in Memphis was brutal for us folk who've become acclimated to the sub-tropical clime of South Florida.

We did get new carpet and it turned out well.

So nothing more to say for a while until we do something of interest.

Found a video worth listening to.

Great group. Swear and Shake.

Enjoy

Peace and Quiet

Happy New Year

We're going back to our old boat home... Pickwick Lake, Tennessee.
Old friends and a New Year, should be fun.

Hope everyone has a fun night.
Stay safe.

Cheers,

Istaboa

Christmas Has Past

And if you've survived, (relatively), unscathed — Watch This

You still have the weekend ahead.

Happy Friday.





Cheers,

Istaboa