Slower Pace, Indeed!

Monday at the Laundry

I said I wanted a little slower pace, and I got it!  The laundry opened at 8am and I was third in line at 7:45am.  There were a lot more behind me.  I got my three loads washed and into the dryers for about 5 minutes when the electric went out.  We waited, and waited and finally were told that they were putting in a new generator for the island.  No one was informed about it previously and they said it would take about 45 minutes.  Well, they were Bahamian minutes and so almost 2 hours later the electric came back on and I got to finish the job.  However, in the meantime almost everyone from the anchorage seemed to be at the laundry.  People were exchanging a lot of information about various topics.  I learned that I could text for 10 cents a text from the phone I bought which is a lot cheaper than the 81 cents a minute for a phone call. 

Not only was Ida the attendant for the laundry but she also was the local hairdresser and she cut a girl’s hair while we were there.  It certainly was a different type of experience and the sharing among cruisers is wonderful.  We of course don’t go to a laundry at home so we have no idea what it cost there, but in the Exumas the average cost is $7 a load for a wash and dry, and they are not always dry but that is why you have lifelines on the boat!  After laundry we went to Lorraine’s Café for lunch and internet use.  Lunch was good and the internet was good into mid afternoon when it went really slow.  I could not do much at all so gave up and went back to the boat.  I left at 7:40am and got back to the boat at 2:55pm.  And my friends wonder what we do all day!

We had a great sail the next day to Leaf Cay.  Shortly after Sequence, Jubilee and Blue Heaven arrived, Dave and Toni from Sequence were off in their dinghy to hunt for lobster.  They said they stopped, Dave got in the water and there was one right below him.  He came back showing us his great catch.  We got our snorkeling gear on but never did get in the water.  Dave and Toni showed us how to look for coral heads but it was getting late and decided it wasn’t worth getting all salty.  

 We did go to a beautiful little beach that had iguanas on it.  Three were there ready to greet us but we held our distance. This was a gorgeous area and we debated about staying, but our fresh item stores were getting low so we decided to move on before the front was to come on Thursday night.

We arrived in the beautiful Elizabeth Harbour where the famous Georgetown, the Mecca for cruisers and largest city in the Exumas, is located.  Since the front was going to be out of the west, northwest we anchored in Kidd”s Cove not far from where you enter Georgetown.  Dave and Toni gave us the quick tour showing us where different things were so that we could find what we want.  We had a celebratory happy hour on Blue Heaven, toasting to arriving in Georgetown, also known a Adult Day Camp!. 

Mama and Baby Dolphin

Oceanside

The next day dolphins swam around our boat two times and you can see how clear the water is.  There were three of them.  One was smaller so we figured it was a baby. And just think, we see all of this from our home, Blue Heaven.!

                      Here is the famous "Volleyball Beach" where a  lot of the cruiser happenings are.