First full day at Atlantis

First full day on Paradise Island.  Went for an early morning swim with Mary in the local pool and then after a breakfast of hot dogs, Sara and Tom caught the courtesy bus on to New Providence Island to do some grocery shopping for the week.  On their return, Sara, Tom and Mary went over to the Atlantis Resort for the rest of the day and I joined them half an hour later after I had posted the blog and dealt with some emails.  We spent most of the day today in and around the resort enjoying the pools and slides including a ride down the Abyss and a couple of circuits of the Raging Rapids.  A bit of excitement for Mary and me when the long conveyor taking the rings up to the top of the Power Tower stopped and we had to walk up the slope with our rings - quite a height!  Once at the top (which took us about twenty minutes or so) we discovered that the water had stopped flowing and we would either have to walk down all the steps or take the quick way back by dropping down The Abyss.  We chose the latter!  Tonight we ate rather stringy chicken bought from the supermarket this morning and had an early night.  I watched Game 4 of the World Series with a 4-0 win to the Texas Rangers who have now squared the series.  I also quickly phoned Mum using Skype.