Island Economics

The main activity for the day was sailing on Palma Sola Bay and on into the Gulf. To get to the boat club, you turn off the island main road, cross the bay and head east past the access road that is under construction (just like home, nobody working) and drive through a subdivision to return to the edge of the bay. On the way, Mrs. Purple Flag on Saturday saw a brochure tube for a house for sale and couldn't resist. Just reduced, to $1,999,000.00.

Pass.

Out on the boat, a catamaran, we passed through two drawbridges on our way to the Gulf. Bridge tender appears to be a more boring job than being a toll collector.

While out on the boat, I chatted up the captain and learned a little island economics. We paid for the trip with cash. He was setting aside money to pay for fixing his truck, the repairs coming from a mechanic friend who would be paid in cash.

If there was no evening booking on the sailboat, he said he might go work the sort on the fish docks. There, for three or so hours work, he'd bring home a five gallon bucket filled with freshly caught from the gulf Jumbo shrimp for the freezer.

Life on the island has some tangible intangible advantages, and for a lot less than $2 million.