Going back to Long Island
February 11th, 2009 | by Sean |Friday we leave for The Bahamas, taking Sylvia and kids back to where I spent much of my childhood and early teens. We’ll be in Nassau for a couple days, and then off to Long Island for a week, back on the Sunday.
I took Sylvia to Long Island about ten years ago, but the kids have never been and are very excited. This will be somewhat bittersweet as so much has changed from the days when I used to have to tote diesel to the generator house, and it took an hour to get to Salt Pond from Deadmans Cay over all the potholes. Now they have electricity, roads, phones, even Internet. And tourists and hotels and resorts.
Places that used to be bush are now houses or villas or businesses and it’s somewhat sad for me to see Long Island go from that rustic remote place to somewhere somewhat more modern and in touch with the outside world. But, it’s still the place that was my home for so many good years, and I’m looking forwardto sharing that with Alex and Isabel. Hope the tamarind tree is still in the school yard at NGM Major, so they can sit on the parts that generations kids have worn smooth.
Will be checking email and voicemail, and getting back to everyone on the week of the 23rd.
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