BAHAMA BANK FROM BIMINI TO CHUB

We polished the north end of Bimini for hours. The wind, the current, and the man we had met at Taco Bell three months ago was the reason. What could seem like a wasted day, turned out to be part of a classic escapism day. No matter how we tried to tack, we were still at the north tip of Bimini trying to stay on the bank to Chub.
Once you accept you are not making way east to Chub, then you realize it's the ingredients for escape. The wind and the current could have easily been our vehicle to take us places while it was keeping us from going places. However, we chose to escape via the man form Taco Bell. He had been sitting alone eating a Mexican pizza when we met. The retaurant was almost empty, so we asked if we could sit next to him. He was cautious but gracious and in want of company. This was something The Kid picked up on.
As we talked about places we have been and that we were on our way to other places, including the Bahamas, he asked if we were going to Bimini. We can, replied this Captain. He gave us his best recollection about where to go, how to go, and when to go. This included, sail around the north end.
"Don't most people go south to cross?" I asked.
"Why do what most people do?" he responded.
So, north it would be. He shared some of his Bahama adventures with us, including the time he recalled when, according to him, he had met up with pirates.
"Was that in the Bahamas?" I asked with some doubt in my tone.
"Does that really matter? It's not where you meet them, its that you meet them."
We talked for some time about places he had been. It was a mini escape right inside Taco Bell. He excused himself to use the restroom. As we waited for his return we loaded up with questions about the Bahama Bank and the trip from Bimini to Chub. We waited and waited and waited. He never returned to the table.
Now we were polishing the north end of Bimini, and we found ourselves on a great escape to Taco Bell and beyond from our meeting with that man. We thought about where he might be, and why he suggested the northern route around Bimini when it seemed obvious that southern way would have been the choice for people on schedule, on time, and in need of getting to the next destination without delay.
As we kept not going east, it became more and more clear. Some routes, roads and paths take you to a certain destinaton, and others take you to many places on the way there.
The man from Taco Bell may not have known, or maybe he did, we were the kind to escape and visit other places. The Kid suggested that the man knew we would go north and that thought would go with him, so he could go with us, even though his days were restricted to talking to strangers in Taco Bell. He escaped through us and now we had the time to go other places and be with other people while we polished the north end of Bimini.
The time went by more quickly and finally we were set free from the northern part of the island and on our way to Chub.

The Captain and The Kid