A Week in Georgetown

After saying good bye to First Edition and Sea Biscuit we were on the Georgetown Net and heard that Walter and Donna on Windspell who were in our marina came in yesterday.  They have a section on the net for those boats who want to announce their arrival or departure may do so.  It is great because since there are three major beaches that you can anchor it might take awhile to know that someone is around.  We had happy hour on their boat and got caught up on their trip down and shared our trip with them.  Happy hour actually lasted three hours instead of one!  They said it was good to see some familiar faces since their last trip was twenty-eight years ago so they don't know many cruisers.

Al hiking the cliffs.

Al and I decided to dinghy down to Sand Dollar Beach to see who was there and to go hiking.  Just as we got down there the clouds rolled in and it looked like rain.  Luckily we knew one boat, Runaway with Marty and Matt, who we wanted to talk to, because we kept missing each other at various anchorages.  We went aboard just in time before the squall hit.  We got caught up with one another’s lives and then went ashore to hike the trails at that end of the island.  My treasure on this hike was a small piece of lavender sea glass.  Lavender is quite rare to find.

Even though it was blowing 18 knots, we took the dinghy across to town because we got a call that the air card was in for the computer.  After several hours the local tech guy got it working and so now we have internet on the boat wherever there is a cell tower.  It is rather slow but better than nothing.  Everything is SLOW in the Bahamas!  The one thing that we were surprised to find out, is that with digital televisions you can get the major stations of ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox on the TV from Florida.  Wow, now that is a change since the last trip.

Yoga on Volleyball Beach

A cruiser started yoga on the beach in the morning twice a week, so I decided to give it a try.  I am enjoying it and just love looking up when I am laying down and seeing the trees swaying in the breeze with the beautiful blue sky behind them.  Four men were there  but cannot persuade Al to give it a try.  

The view while on the ground doing yoga.  It is wonderful watching the branches sway in the wind.

Donna & Walter from Windspell

Just a kayak, but often a nude beach.

We went hiking with Walter and Donna at the Hamburger Beach end of the island and came across this wonderful beach.  We are told that often people come here for nude sun bathing.  Needless to say we did NOT give it a try!

It is basket making time.

All ages and shapes play volleyball.

In the afternoon we went to Volleyball Beach where they actually play volleyball and mingled with the cruisers.

 I worked on my basket along with others at the table.  There was also a group of about 25 people who were gathered to hear a cruiser explain traveling further south and what to expect.  Also, there was someone using one of the picnic tables for sail repair.  So you can see, many activities go on at Volleyball Beach.

Working on a small oval basket.

The next day when I pulled out my store bought bread, I could see that it was totally moldy, so I had to throw it out.  So, I made bread and pizza for lunch.  (I haven’t made bread since the last trip!)  In the afternoon I worked on my basket while Al diagnosed a problem with the generator and found it was low in oil.  

We are certainly enjoying the shorts and sandals!

We had a super large anchorage Happy Hour at Queen's dock starting at 4pm.  As soon as the sun went down the mosquitoes came out and we were out of there by 5:30pm.  They were vicious!

We are hoping the 18-25 knot east winds die down next week so we can move on to Long Island.