I had a dream. For years, I had a desire to find a tropical island and make it my second home. My ideal island was accessible to the United States, not thousands of miles away. When I was given the opportunity to make that dream a reality, I dove in with total commitment.  

This is a true story of my experiences creating a modest resort on a small remote island in the Bahamas. The plan was to provide an interesting get-a-way adventure for travelers and a side venture of exporting seafood to benefit the islanders financially.  

Some said it couldn’t be done and asked, “Did you take leave of your senses?”  

It was an ambitious aspiration, but I believed we could do it. My partners and I had the skill, the desire, and the resources.   

Mini-adventures and learning the island culture blended with the challenges we encountered as we did our work and dealt with confusing legalities and an ineffective government.