Heading to NewTerritory

This is a short blog because not many days have past but we are headed to the Jumentos where we have no idea if we will be able to connect to the internet or not.  Since the last blog, Al found a small leak in the dinghy and while he fixed it on the deck we were stuck on the boat for a day.  So I cleaned, worked on my rug and basket. 

We also had Donna and Walter from Windspell for dinner.  It was a great dinner, pork tenderloin, fresh broccoli, potatoes, spinach salad and fresh pineapple and raisin spice squares for dessert.  As Donna said,” It is great not to have one fried thing in the dinner!”  We don’t think the Bahamians know how to cook anything unless it is fried! 

Isn't it beautiful!

One of the sand bars off of Sand Dollar Beach

The next day we went over to Kidd Cove near town to get water, some food and church for me.  Afterwards we anchored in Sand Dollar beach where we spent most of our time two years ago when we were in Georgetown.  Very few boats there compared to two years ago. 

The water was caught just before covering the live sand dollar.

 I went searching for sand dollars at low tide.  I found only three white sand dollars which are the dead ones, but at one small beach I counted twenty brown ones which are alive.  I guess I should check back later in the season to see if more have died.

Live conch.

I also found a couple of live conch and enjoyed taking pictures of them.

The next day we decided we were heading to Long Island which was the furthest south we went on the last trip.  It was a bit roly-poly at first but then it settled down.  When we arrived, First Edition was the only boat in the anchorage.  So we enjoyed catching up on what we each did in the past week.

Island Breeze

We headed into Island Breeze (a small resort) to do laundry, get some groceries, and to get ready for heading to the Jumentos tomorrow.  We have no idea if we can get internet where we are headed because it is much more primitive down there.  We plan to stay a week or two at the most.  So if you don’t hear from us for a while, don’t worry.  We will get connected eventually when we get back to Long Island or Georgetown.

Here is some summer for you folks dealing with winter!