Wednesday, January 14, 2015 to Saturday, January 24, 2015

We arrive back in the Bahamas to sunshine and lovely warm weather on Wednesday. It is good to be back! After arriving at Treasure Cay we take the ferry to Green Turtle Cay. Silver Maple is in storage at the Abaco Yacht Services boat yard on Green Turtle Cay. By Friday we have it back in the water. She is in good shape and survived the summer storage well. After a few days of cleaning and prepping she is looking ship-shape.

On the ferry from Treasure Cay to Green Turtle Cay where Silver Maple is stored

Putting Silver Maple on the crane

Back in the water. Woohoo!

Once in the water we spend a few days at the Leeward Yacht club and then move on to Marsh Harbour. The passage at Whale Cay has become easy now that we have done it a few times. Arriving at the Jib Room/Marsh Harbour Marina is like coming home. We reconnect with Sharon and Pete from Annapolis, MD, on their new motor boat, Emerald Lady. They gave up their sailboat, Kankita, and went to the dark-side. It is an American Tug. Spacious and very nice. Carolyn and Peter (Summer Tilt) from Oakville, ON, are also at the Jib Room. We spend some time visiting with them and their dog, Casey.

Settled in at Leeward Yacht Club

The weather report shows some bad weather moving in, so we take advantage of the window and head south to Lynyard Cay and make the crossing to Eleuthera on Thursday, January 22nd. Its a great crossing. Sharon and Pete (Emerald Lady) are with us. We have nice wind that picks up as we go. By the time we arrive, we are really moving! We spend a night in Royal Harbour and then move on to Spanish Wells to sit out the weather.

Sunrise as we leave Lynyard Cay and head for Royal Harbour in North Eleuthera

Emerald Lady passing us shortly after we exit South Bar Channel to start the ocean crossing

Captain sitting on the deck enjoying a lovely day for a cruise

Checking the sails

Wind picks up and we are flying at over 8 knots

Relaxing morning in Royal Harbour

Settled in Royal Harbour next to Emerald Lady

Spanish Wells is a lovely fishing town that we visited last year and really enjoyed. On Saturday, we take the fast ferry to Harbour Island and stroll around Dunmore Town and walk the beach. We have a nice lunch at the Coral Sands Hotel overlooking the beach. Gorgeous day.

Arriving in Spanish Wells

Sharon on Emerald Lady docked next to us in Spanish Wells Yacht Haven

Lunch at the Buddha Snack Shack in Spanish Wells after we arrive

The flowers are blooming all over Spanish Wells. Gorgeous!

We take the ferry to Harbour Island from Spanish Wells for the day

Looking back at Spanish Wells as we leave on the ferry

On the ferry its very windy!

Arriving in Dunmore Town on Harbour Island

The ferry docked at Harbour Island

Some of the ‘locals’ strolling the water front in Dunmore Town

After lunch at the Coral Sands Hotel overlooking the beach

Dunmore Town on Harbour Island

Tomorrow we head out to Hatchet Bay in the morning, our next stop as we head south toward the Exumas. The bad weather is supposed to hit tonight, but tomorrow should be nice, so we will be back on the water!

Monday, March 31 to Tuesday, April 15th, 2014

Like us, most of the boats in the Bahamas from the US and Canada now seem to be wrapping things up and heading north to put their boats into storage for the summer months. Some are storing them in the Bahamas, as we are. Others will be making the Golf Stream crossing back to the US.

On March 31st we leave Hopetown where we have been for the last few weeks and move up to Green Turtle Cay, via Great Guana and the Whale Passage which takes you out into the ocean for a few miles. The group we met in Hopetown who we have been hanging out with — Debra and John from Annapolis, MD (on Mandalay), Guy and Louise from Sarnia, ON, but recently moved to Vancouver, BC (on Miss Ellie) — join us a day later in Green Turtle Cay as they too move north. Julie and Dawson from Sudbury, ON (on Jazzebelle) who we met while in Cape Eleuthera join the group there too. Although we are wrapping up the trip we manage to take some time for fun at the pool and beach.

Debra (Mandalay) and Louise (Miss Ellie) on the beach in Hopetown. We stroll and look for sea beans and sea glass.

Shark comes right up to the shore where we are walking along the beach. Yikes!

Louise and Guy (Miss Ellie) wave goodbye from the dock in Hopetown as we leave

Enjoying morning coffee at Great Guana Cay before to we do the Whale Passage to Green Turtle

Green Turtle Club Marina where we dock until we pull the boat out of the water

Miss Ellie and Mandalay join us in Green Turtle Cay the day after we arrive

The ladies (Left to right: Louise, Julie, Lee and Debra) at the Green Turtle Club pool

The guys all pitch in to help Randy fold up the jib

On Monday, April 7th, the boat is pulled out of the water and put ‘on the hard’ in storage racks and tied down with hurricane straps. It’s a windy day for haul-out, but all goes well and without incident. While we are working on finalizing things on the boat for storage for the week — including taking down sails, refinishing wood, waxing and cleaning — we move into an apartment in the nearby town of New Plymouth. Very cute town and so quiet!

Silver Maple being pulled out of the water

Silver Maple put to bed for the season

The apartment in New Plymouth (with rental golf cart) where we stay while preparing the boat for storage

Everything is done and the boat is closed up with a day to spare. We have a farewell lunch with the group the day before we leave and are off to Canada on Monday, April 14th. We catch the 7:30AM ferry from New Plymouth to Treasure Cay, then taxi to the airport there. By 7PM we are on the 401 Highway in Toronto and heading home to Catchacoma Lake north of Buckhorn, ON. Unfortunately, winter has been holding on so we arrived back to snow and cold. Ugh!

Waiting with all our gear for the ferry to the airport to head home

Getting on the ferry

Look what we get home too! Randy has to brush the car in the morning. Ahh!!

Well, that’s it for this year. We had a great trip and are looking forward to further travels next year. Have a great summer, everyone! Cheers!

Sunday, March 23 to Sunday, March 30 2014

Well, our plans to move to Marsh Harbour last week had to be adjusted. The weather has been unsettled for days, so we have been forced to stay here in Hopetown — not really a hardship since it’s a gorgeous place with a lovely beach and some nice restaurants. And, we’ve been meeting lots of other great cruisers who are also staying put and waiting for good weather. The northern migration has definitely started. Being forced to hole up this week, we have had time to work on  preparing the boat to put into storage for the season — in addition to having fun with our new friends.

Randy keeping busy doing chores and polishing the metal on the boat while we wait for the weather to settle

Snorkeling from the beach

The great people on Mandalay (Debra and John from Annapolis, MD) and Miss Ellie (Louise and Guy formerly from Sarnia, ON and now from Vancouver, BC) have been lots of fun. The guys have also been pitching in to help Randy with some of the sanding and varnishing on our boat. Julie and Dawson on Jazzebelle (from Sudbury, ON) who we met in Cape Eleuthera arrived a few days after we got here. Great to see them again! We’ve been hanging out with them too.

View of the sunset at the Firefly Restaurant just outside of Hopetown

Dinner with Debra and John (Mandalay) and Louise and Guy (Miss Ellie) at Firefly Restaurant

Happy hour at one of our favourite places in town, Sip Sip (which means ‘gossip’ in Bahamian) with the group including Julie and Dawson (Jazzebelle)

Curly tail lizard in Hopetown who seems to want to get into my grocery bag

Happy hour and pot luck appetizers by the pool at the Hopetown Marina

Today it is 80F and sunny, but thunderstorms are rolling through occasionally. Looks like the weather, wind and waves are going to improve tomorrow (Monday), so we will finally be able to move on. New plan is to go to Fishers Bay at Great Guana Cay on Monday and then do the Whale Cay ocean passage the next day. That will put us in Green Turtle Cay sometime Tuesday. Silver Maple is being pulled out of the water early next week at Abaco Yacht Services on Green Turtle Cay. The few days we will have when we get there this week will give us time to get things ready.

The trip is wrapping up for this year. Wow, hard to believe.

Thursday, March 13 to Saturday, March 22, 2014

We have a great crossing back to Cape Eleuthera from Hawksbill Cay in the Exumas and are able to sail pretty much the whole way.  Once again, bad weather is moving in so we are looking to get settled in the Cape Eleuthera Marina for a few days. We meet some great people at the marina in Cape Eleuthera when we arrive — Dawson and Julie on Jazzebelle (from Sudbury, ON) and Rick and Eva on Calypso (from Annapolis, MD). All of us are waiting out the weather for four nights, so we meet for happy hour and pot-luck appetizers in the evenings. We even pull out the fold-up bicycles from storage one day and ride to a nearby marine research center, called the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) for a tour. They are doing some really interesting studies of sharks and the invasive Lion Fish species. The facility tries to be green and has a small farm on the property to grow some of their own food. As part of the center there is a school where high school students from the US and Canada come and spend a semester studying the Bahamas and the local marine life. Seems like a great program.

Silver Maple docked between Jazzebelle (Sudbury) and Calypso (Annapolis) at Cape Eleuthera

We get the fold-up bicycles out (first time this year) and explore Cape Eleuthera

Finally, the weather improves and all three boats, Silver Maple, Calypso and Jazzebelle head out on Saturday. Each have different destinations, but hopefully we will run into them again. Silver Maple’s trip is a short one to Hatchet Bay. And its another great day for sailing. We arrive early at the anchorage, so we take the dingy into town and have a walk-about. It’s a lovely evening and the town is having a festival in the park with live music. We have dinner at a great little place called Twin Brothers.

Narrow entrance to Hatchet Bay

At dinner in Hatchet Bay at the Twin Brothers restaurant

Twin Brothers is a very cute place with good food

Heading back to the dock where the dingy is tied up. Silver Maple anchored in the distance.

Early the next morning, we leave for Spanish Wells which is the next stop as we head back north retracing our trip when we came down. Back at the Yacht Haven (bit of a misnomer) in Spanish Wells we are once again waiting out bad weather. Finally, things clear enough on Tuesday afternoon to make the short trip to Royal Island Harbour. From there we will set out on our last ocean passage as we head back north to put the boat into storage.

Silver Maple back at Spanish Wells

Captain waiting out bad weather

We rent a golf cart to get around town and do some errands

Sunset at Royal Island Harbour

The passage from Royal Island Harbour to the Abacos is a long one of about 9 hours, so we are up early and on the water before sunrise. The boat, Uncle B (California), who was on the dock with us in Spanish Wells follows us. It seems to be their first trip to the Abacos. The wind is on our nose the whole way so no sailing, and the waves are higher than forecast too. It is fairly rough at times, but no problem for Silver Maple. The crew survives pretty well also. Entering the cut into the Abaco Islands at South Barr is tricky, but Randy handles the waves coming in, no problem.

Captain looking pretty awake considering the early morning start

Sunrise with Uncle B following us for the crossing

Resting after arrival at Lynyard Cay

Sunset at Lynyard

We settle into the anchorage at Lynyard Cay and relax. It’s very good to be back in the Abacos. The next morning, we travel to our old stomping ground at Hopetown Inn and Marina. So good to be back to civilization and some of the creature comforts we’ve been without while down south — groceries, water, internet, cell coverage, restaurants. Hopetown is the busiest we’ve ever seen it. We think it may be beause its March Break or something. Thankfully we get the last available slip in the marina.

Cell coverage is back!

Entering the Hopetown harbour. Yeah!

Silver Maple docked in Hopetown (in the middle)

Hopetown is the busiest we have ever seen it

Dinner at Firefly, one of our favourite restaurants

Beautiful Hopetown harbour

We’ve been hanging out and relaxing since we got here and have already have met some great people here at the marina. In a few days we will head to the Jib Room at Marsh Harbour, and then on to Green Turtle to put the boat away.

Monday, February 24th to Wednesday, March 12, 2014

After days without internet connectivity we are finally back online today! The islands, the scenery, the water, the fish and the people of the Exuma Islands in the Bahamas are all fantastic, but services are scarce — and where they are available they tend to be very expensive. Regardless, we are having a wonderful time and enjoying the sailing life.

After Little Farmers Cay, we make the ocean passage to Georgetown. The weather is good and that puts us there a few days before our friend Fritz arrives from Switzerland for his visit. Georgetown is sailing central down here. We have never seen so many boats in one place. It’s a bit crazy-busy, so as soon as Fritz is onboard we head out.

Randy at the bar at Farmers Cay with the owner Roosevelt

So many boats in Georgetown!

Dingy dock mayhem in Georgetown as all the people on sailboats come into town

Randy entering the Georgetown sailors’ watering hole

We run into Kathy and Jules from Haidi Girl (who we met back in Spanish Wells) at the Chat n Chill

Fritz arrives from Switzerland! Randy picks him up in Georgetown and brings him by dingy to where we are anchored.

Leaving Georgetown requires an ocean passage. Unfortunately, it’s a very rough day so we give up after a few hours of pounding and pull behind Lee Stocking Island and into an anchorage there to wait out the weather. We are holed up for two nights. Once the weather settles down we head back out. It’s a much better day and we have a good trip to Black Point, where we run into our friends Jodi and Dauphin (on Monarch).

Fritz settles in to the sailing life

Sunrise at Black Point with Jodi and Dauphin’s boat ‘Monarch.’

During our week visit with Fritz, we travel to Staniel Cay and swim the Thunderball Grotto to see the amazing number of fish there. We also visit Bitter Guana and find the Iguanas. Later, we head to Compass Cay, where they have sharks in the harbour that you can pat. At Big Major, we see the pigs that swim out to your boat to get a carrot. Very cute!

Endangered Exuma Iguana on Bitter Guana Cay

Fritz and Randy with their new iguana buddies

Fritz, Randy and Lee on Bitter Guana Cay

Randy and Lee with Silver Maple in the background

Silver Maple in the crystal clear waters of the Exumas

Lee and Fritz enjoying the ride

Pigs swim out to greet you to get a carrot on Big Major

Randy patting the sharks at Compass Cay

Lee at the beach on Compass Cay

It’s a very fun week and we really enjoy having Fritz aboard. On Saturday, March 8th we head back to Staniel Cay so Fritz can catch his flight back. Silver Maple is again a two person crew, and we head to Cambridge Cay. At Cambridge Cay, which is back in the Exuma National Land and Sea Park, there is a snorkeling spot called the Sea-quarium. Incredible number of fish there by a small island with a small reef. We spend the afternoon there enjoying all the underwater wildlife. Cambridge Cay is a beautiful spot — one of our favourites in the Bahamas. After a lovely night at Cambridge, we sail to Hawksbill Cay. Hawksbill is also gorgeous. It has some of the most beautiful water we’ve seen yet. Lovely.

Fish at sea-quarium by Cambridge Cay

Dinner onboard at Cambridge Cay

Silver Maple anchored at Hawksbill Cay

View of Hawksbill Cay from the top of the hill on the island

Sunset at Hawksbill Cay

Leaving Hawksbill at sunrise and heading out for the ocean crossing to Eleuthera

Captain having his afternoon nap during ocean crossing from Exumas back to Eleuthera

In the morning, we make the ocean crossing back to Eleuthera leaving the Exumas and heading back north towards the Abacos. We have a flight booked for mid-April to head back to Canada. Hopefully, spring will have arrived there by then. Fingers crossed!

Saturday, February 14, 2014 to Sunday, February 23, 2014

The trip is going very well and we have been very lucky with the weather.  As expected, internet availability is more limited as we move south and we are at anchor much more than in the past, so we are getting very good at conserving water, fuel and food.

We leave Spanish Wells after a great visit and head out with Haidi Girl (Jules and Kathy) and Monarch (Dauphin and Jodi) towards Hatchet Bay. Winds are light but its a good day for travelling. We hit the dreaded Current Cut at just the right time so the current and the tide are in our favour. No problems.

Great Valentines Day dinner at the Shipyard Restaurant in Spanish Wells

Haida Girl and Monarch travelling with us to Hatchet Bay

Silver Maple on the way to Hatchet Bay (taken from Monarch)

The entrance to Hatchet Bay is narrow but the harbour is well protected from the wind and peaceful. There are already numerous boats anchored there. We have a quiet evening and dinner hosted on Monarch.

Entering the narrow cut into Hatchet Bay

The next day we leave Hatchet Bay, again with Haida Girl and Monarch, and head for Cape Eleuthera. Winds are up and it is a fantastic day for sailing. We have Silver Maple going the fastest it ever has!  When we arrive at Cape Eleuthera, is a lovely but quiet marina. We have dinner at the restaurant at the marina and call it an early night. We have a long day tomorrow doing the ocean crossing to the Exumas.

Enjoying the ride from Hatchet Bay to Cape Eleuthera

Silver Maple at her best! (taken from Monarch)

Docked at Cape Eleuthera

Sunrise over Cape Eleuthera

For our trip crossing to the Exumas the ocean is dead calm. The calmest we have ever seen on any ocean crossing (granted…we haven’t had all that many).  The water is like glass. Lee puts out a fishing line to pass the time and does some trolling. Surprise! We get a hit. In fact we get three. The first two get off the hook just as we are getting them on the boat. The third we land. Mahi Mahi for dinner!  When we get settled in the Exuma Land and Sea Park mooring at Warderick Wells, we invite Dauphin and Jodi from Monarch to join us for a fresh fish dinner.

On our way to the Exuma Land and Sea Park

Incredibly calm day on the ocean

Mahi Mahi for dinner!

Catching the mooring ball at the Exuma Land and Sea Park (taken from Monarch)

After we arrive at the Exuma Land and Sea Park at Warderick Wells, we stay for almost a week, enjoying beaches, snorkeling and exploring the islands — and waiting for some bad weather to pass. When it finally does, we head down to Staniel Cay where Silver Maple is moored right next to Thunderball Grotto, the place where the James Bond movie, Thunderball was filmed. We swim over to the cave from the boat. Great experience. Amazing fish and wildlife all around it.

Anchorage at Warderick Wells in the Exuma Park (Silver Maple is 5th from left in background)

Dauphin and Jodi from Monarch

Exploring the park by dingy

Curly tailed lizards in the Park

Silver Maple moored at Thunderball Grotto at Staniel Cay

Goodbye to Jodi and Dauphin on Monarch. We leave them in Staniel Cay and move on to Black Point.

From Staniel Cay, we go just a short distance south to Black Point. This is a small town Bahamian town that’s not touristy at all. Very nice. We anchor in the bay and take the dingy into town to do laundry at the Laundromat and then in again for dinner. It’s a very warm evening so we sit outside at Lorraine’s Café, a Bahamian restaurant where Lorraine took our order and then went into the kitchen to make dinner. She asked us to help ourselves at the bar. Needless to say, very casual — and very fun.

Good sailing to Black Point

Beautiful Black Point harbour

The dingy dock — everyone takes them to get to town for laundry, groceries, dinner, etc.

Today, we moved to Little Farmers Cay, a very quiet place run by Roosevelt and his wife. We are the only boat at the dock and the only ones in the restaurant for dinner. And, a beautiful setting.

Silver Maple docked at Little Farmers Cay

Tomorrow, we have an 8 hour ocean passage from Little Farmers Cay to Georgetown. The weather is forecast to be low winds and fairly quiet seas. Should be an easy trip.

Friday, February 7 to Thursday, February 13, 2014

We head out of Marsh Harbour on Friday, February 7th and move down to Tahiti Beach to anchor out for the evening. Being at Tahiti Beach makes us a bit less dependent on the tides required to exit and enter harbours.

Last view of Marsh Harbour as we leave. We will miss it and all the folks at the Jib Room.

Heading to Tahiti Beach

As soon as the weather looks good we want to make the ocean crossing to Eleuthera. Unfortunately, when we get up the next day, it looks like the good weather window we need to make the crossing has now pushed out to Monday. So, we move a short distance to Boat Harbour, one of the few marinas we haven’t explored yet in the Abacos. Its a lovely resort and marina, but a bit pricy. We enjoy their pool and beach and relax.

Heading from Tahiti Beach to Boat Harbour. Beautiful clear water.

Randy tying off the boat at Boat Harbour

Chillin’ on the Boat Harbour Beach

Sunday morning we are up early and on our way to Lynyard Cay.  The wind dies to nothing so we just float for about an hour. Its a beautiful morning and we don’t have far to go, so we sit and enjoy. Finally, the winds pick up again and we make our way to Lynyard. Later a storm rolls in. We are glad we didn’t attempt to make the crossing today.

Early morning to Lynyard Cay

Happy Captain

Calm waters

Beautiful morning

Monday we are up just before 5 AM and on the water before the sun is up. We exit via the South Barr cut with no problem — and we are on our way!  The winds are light and the waves and ocean swells are tolerable.  About an hour into the trip we see another boat behind us. We radio them. Its a boat called Monarch owned by Jodi and Daulphin who live in Texas. They are heading the same way as us, so we stay in contact along the trip and arrive just before them in the anchorage at Royal Island that night.

Sunrise over the ocean

Happy first mate!

Very nice ocean crossing

Sleepy Captain after an early morning and sea sickness meds

We are glad the crossing is over and relax on deck and watch the sunset. The next day we make the short trip to Spanish Wells. Apparently, bad weather is moving in so we want to get settled and tied to a dock somewhere. Looks like we might be here for a few days. Not so bad since it has given us internet access well before we had planned.

Woohoo! We made it!

Sunset after we are all settled at Royal Island

Spanish Wells is a working town and not a touristy place. It is mostly engaged in fishing including providing much of the lobster for Red Lobster.  Its a cute town. We meet Jodi and Dauphin for lunch when we arrive then do some exploring around town.

Heading to Spanish Wells

Entering the harbour at Spanish Wells

At lunch in Spanish Wells

The next day we take ferries and a taxi to Harbour Island, on the bigger island nearby. Apparently, it is known for being a place the rich and famous stay. The island has a really friendly Bahamian town with a beach on the other shore. The beach sand is pink and beautiful. We have lunch with our friends, Jodi and Daulphin from Monarch, and Kathy and Jules from Haida Girl, then explore the town and walk the beach. Lovely.

Dunmore Town at Harbour Island

Lunch with the group: Jodi and Dauphin (Monarch) and Jules and Kathy (Haida Girl)

Randy on the pink sand beach of Harbour Island

Thursday we do laundry and groceries in the morning. In the afternoon we take the dingy to the beach and on the way back the bad weather moves in.  It pours rain and thunders. We are soaked.

In the dingy to the beach

Tonight we are heading out to dinner to celebrate Valentines a day early. Tomorrow we will be back on the water now that the bad weather seems to have passed. The boats, Monarch and Haida Girl are heading out with us. All of us will be in Hatchet Bay tomorrow night (Friday, Feb. 14).  Fair winds, everyone!

Sunday, January 26th to Friday, February 7th, 2014

We arrive back on Green Turtle Cay in the Bahamas on Sunday, January 26th. Silver Maple is in the water there waiting for us. It is beautiful and sunny with a temperature of 78 degrees F., and it stays that way pretty much for days. Apparently, before we arrived was cold and rainy. Looks like we brought the good weather!

Arriving at Green Turtle Cay by Ferry from Treasure Cay with all our gear

Silver Maple waiting for us on the dock at Leeward Yacht Club, Green Turtle Cay

We spend the first few days cleaning and prepping the boat. Then, on Tuesday, January 28th, we do the passage called “The Wale” from Green Turtle to Marsh Harbour. It is lovely and calm in the morning when we head out. Perfect for an ocean passage — in fact we could use a bit more wind for sailing. No complaints. Its a beautiful day and great to be back on the water.

Gorgeous calm morning for doing the Whale Passage.

On Friday, Jan 31st, Deb and Joe from Chicago (Cary, IL), arrive for a one week visit. They settle right in with a swim at the pool and cocktails on the boat. We take the next week with them to revisit all the sites in the Abaco Islands in the northern Bahamas that we enjoyed so much last year.

Deb and Joe arrive on Silver Maple at Marsh Harbour

Settling in

Getting the knack of sailing

Deb and Joe are great and jump in to help with chores!

On the beach at Great Guana Cay — our favourite beach

Dinner at Grabbers on Great Guana Cay

On the water!

Tahiti Beach

Deb on watch

Deb and Joe both try their hand at Rake and Scrap the Bahamian-style music

Deb and Joe leave on Thursday, February 6th to head back to the cold and snowy north. We spend the day preparing for our trip south to the Exuma Islands in the southern Bahamas. Our original plan was to leave Marsh Harbour on Saturday, February 8th to do the first ocean crossing to get south, but a weather window has opened today so we are heading out now instead. We will be on the water and anchoring for about 3 weeks, so will be out of touch and without internet until we reach civilization again. That will probably be in Georgetown, Bahamas at the end of February.  Cheers to everyone and happy sailing!

We are spending the holidays in Scottsdale, Arizona this year, but Silver Maple is back in the water and ready to go.

On January 25th we fly back down to the Bahamas to resume our trip south. We are really looking forward to it and to reconnecting with all our friends.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a fabulous New Year!  Cheers!

Sorry to say that Lee’s father, Reginald James (Jim) Potter, passed away on Sunday evening at the Haliburton Health Services facility. Below is the link to the announcement.

http://www.communityfuneralhomes.com/obituary.php?recordID=654

Thank you to everyone for all the well wishes and support we have received. It is greatly appreciated.