Does anyone want to talk about lightning?

Well, as most of you probably know by now, we had a bit of a shock on Mother's Day... We're o.k.- but another great story (and close call) in the journal of the Cruising Cooks.
We'd been down in the Abacos for about a week- Teddy and Teresa even flew down to join us for a few days, and that was really fun!
They flew home Sunday morning, and we moved over to Green Turtle Cay from Marsh Harbor. A little rain shower washed off the deck for us right after we anchored- we were planning to dinghy ashore for dinner as soon as it passed- well, the wind shifted and as the leading edge of the storm came back in our general direction...and... a bolt from the skies smacked our mast!
We knew we'd been hit as soon as it happened- and in the same instant we knew we were both o.k.- which is really all that matters- Thank you, Lord!
So bottom line is we've got some repairs to do-
We had a very rough crossing home (23 hours straight across the
Bahama Bank then the Gulfstream, with no navigation lights or instruments), and we had to cut our vacation short by a few days.
(yes, that's a wall of water behind us- when I say rough seas, I ain't jokin'- I'm starting to feel like a real sailor...learned how to use the compass and a chart this trip! I also learned that having a precautious captain who brings along an extra handheld GPS and radio is a good thing!)
It's good to be home. Believe it or not though, we're already planning our next trip! Sound familiar?