OurBigAdventure

Chris shot me taking a shot of the rings with Hershey Kisses. The bride and groom were from Pennsylvania, so they wanted to incorporate Hershey into their day. Here I am working hard as usual:



And the resulting photo that I shot:

I think I have finally heard enough about how high our gas prices are. You have no idea how much of a deal gas is at $3.10 per gallon.

This past weekend we were in the Bahamas for a wedding and we decided to rent a boat the day before the wedding. (Also the day before Tropical Storm Barry, more on that later) So we took the boat around to the calmer side of Treasure Cay to get out of the rough water and swam around a small island that we found. Total we ran the engines for about 30 minutes max.

Here is our boat:



...and us:



On the way back in we filled up the tank again which took 11.6 gallons of unleaded, and I went in to pay. Our bill was $66.00 for 11.6 gallons of gas, that's $5.68 per gallon. There was no sign stating the price of gas but the local gas stations on the island had unleaded for $5+ per gallon so this was in line with the going rate. (The exchange rate for the US dollar and the Bahamian Dollar is 1:1, so we're talking US Dollars here)

So don't try to tell me how bad gas prices are, it could be worse. But if you still have to complain go talk to your local environmental group about letting us do some drilling since the rest of the world seems to be having trouble keeping up with the demand.

Our plane was delayed on our way out of the Bahamas on Sunday and while we were waiting we went out to watch all of the planes come in. It was unbelievable how busy the little airport was at Treasure Cay, most of which was private charters which seem like a good idea now because our flight was delayed 3 hours and we were close to spending another night if we couldn't get a flight out.

We were entertained though by all of the groups coming in with fishing poles and supplies, especially one group of guys that were obviously coming in for a long guys only vacation. They had several cases of cokes, a few cases of chips and quite a few cases of beer loaded on their plane with their few bags of luggage. There were three guys unloading their stuff and they filled up a cart with more stuff than any of the other planes we watched.



So after going through customs and loading their car with all of their stuff one of the guys headed back to the baggage guys and gave them a case of beer as a thank you for unloading the plane. With the amount of luggage they were dealing with they really were doing a great job, and you should have seen the smile on their faces. It's probably rare that they even get a tip, and I think this one really made their day.