Alone But Not

Northern Exumas
March 17, 2019 

You may think that hardly anyone spends the winter in the Bahamas on a boat or that we’re almost always alone. But you’d be wrong. It’s not unusual to share some of the popular anchorages with forty or more boats. 

Sure sign of lots of cruisers

As nice as it is to spend time with friends...we’re always on the lookout for a solitary anchorage. We make a little game of seeking out new places, preferably unknown spots not designated on the charts with a little anchor symbol. We kick back in the cockpit, savor our uninterrupted view, and breathe in the serenity. When we can find our own anchorage with not another boat in sight, it’s a small win. 

But then, out there in the solitude, we’re reminded that we’re not alone at all. The greatest prize is the presence of God always and everywhere with us, filling the air around us, filling the whole earth.  

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I know not where his islands lift their fronded palms in air.

I only know I cannot drift beyond his love and care.

John Greenleaf Whittier