On the 18^th we sailed around to Hamilton harbor and on the way Nancy took a miss step in the cockpit, fell and injured her left foot. We anchored behind Hawkins’ Island for the night and had a wonderful evening. By next morning, Sunday, Nancy’s foot was hurting her so much that we decided to go to the emergency room for some x-rays. As it turns out her ankle was severely sprained and the bone that goes from the ankle to the little toe was broken but not displaced. We wound up spending pretty much the whole day at the hospital. With an appointment to see the orthopedic surgeon on Wednesday we decided to sail back to St Georges where it is easier to get ashore. Had a delightful sail back and are now anchored in the harbor closer to the dinghy dock then before. After breakfast we are going to shore to check email for the first time since arriving.

5-17-14   Yesterday we went exploring the east end of St. Georges on our folding bikes. While they are a bit of a pain in the arse to stow aboard and get to and from shore they are certainly a hit when ashore. We had two highlights of the day, the first when we met Jerry Correia while having breakfast at the CV Café. He is the man behind Ocean Breeze Sailing Charters and a good friend of both Mark Boden and Michael Vogalie, friends I made in 1979 while stationed here with the US Navy. As it turns out Mark is off Island but Michael and his wife Penny are living aboard Spirit of Liberty in Hamilton Harbor. The second highlight was meeting Patrick at St. Catherine’s fort and museum. A fellow sailor and supervisor at the fort he took it upon himself to keep popping up at the most opportune times to explain this or that about the fort. When ventured onto the gun deck Patrick was there standing beside a powerful telescope, Spinning it around to the north and following a quick peek himself he invited us to take a look. Brought into view from nine and one half miles away was the massive North Rock Light marking the outer edge of the reef which protects the entire north shore, approximately 18 miles, of Bermuda. Through the scope we could see large swells of ocean breaking and foaming across the lower portion of the marker.