Turning 15 in the Bahamas

For the last month Alex has talked about her birthday and how 15 was a big one, well yesterday was the day. One of the things that she has wanted to do since we have been down here is ride a seadoo. Every time we see one, we hear, “I wish I could ride a Seadoo”. At one of the islands we did inquire about renting one for her, but they rented to only adults and the cost was $90.00 U.S. for not terribly long. Yesterday in the morning a family arrived at Volleyball Beach with two Seadoos and she convinced me she needed me to go to the beach with her. So while she stood their drooling, I asked if the owner would he consider taking her for a ride for her birthday. The owner was very pleasant and off they went for a ride and when they came back, to my surprise he jumped off and she went out on her own. This brought big smiles to the birthday girl and was even told it was fine if she wanted to use it again during the day as they planned to be at the beach for the day. She managed to use it once more and she even picked up Jenessa and took her for a ride.

I think of all of Alex’s presents she received, her favourite by far were her shoes from Jenessa. Alex now has more pairs of shoes on board than the rest of us combined.

We ended the day with a dinner ashore at the Chat n’ Chill Bar & Grill with Ray & Lori and family from the M.V. Albino Wino.