Our Daily Life in Georgetown

While anchored near town so we could do the usual chores of laundry and food shopping, there was a powerboat nearby that had sunk over the weekend. We happened to be right next to it while the divers worked on getting it pumped out and floating again. 

Sunday Driver (the name of the boat) did not do so well. 

They used plastic barrels to pump air into it to get it floating again. No one knows why it sunk. There was no storm or anything so perhaps they forgot to close a seacock (for non-boaters that a spot which goes through the hull like a drain). The boat did not have anybody on it. They must have been away. It upright and floating but I can't imagine what the inside would be like. It has been a week and we still see no one aboard.

Sunday Driver up and floating again.

Toni and I had a girl's morning shopping the few gift shops in town. Afterward we both moved our boats to Sand Dollar Beach for a change of scenery and got invited to Happy Hour on Runaway.

The weather has been rather cool and dreary, very uncommon for the George Town area , but it is good for hiking. So Al and I hiked a trail called “Sally's Path.” Unfortunately, it was very over grown. 

You could barely find the path!

I am clipping and clearing the path of cuttings.

The next day I called on the net for those who would like to help clean up a path to meet on

Women and men came to help.

Sand Dollar Beach. Around a dozen people showed up, with half having machetes to clear the path. Those who did not have clippers or machetes were the cleaner-uppers of the cut branches and leaves. It worked great and we cleared one of the longest paths along the ocean side. The hiking paths are one of our favorite things about this area, so we feel that they need to be maintained or we will lose them. One fellow who stopped cruising used to do much of the work, so somebody has got to take over.

 That afternoon we dinghied over to town for the Tourist Bureau's reception for cruisers and visitors.  It is always very nice to sample various Bahamian dishes. They had a type of pea and bean soup, conch salad, lobster salad, crab salad, jerk chicken, conch fritters and various desserts of coconut cake, casaba cake, corn bread and pineapple cake. They also had a drink which I cannot think of the name, made with lots of rum and coconut milk. All I can say was it was strong! 

The young Junkanoo Band played for the tourist.

 A school age Junkanoo band with drums and bells played for us and some fun dancing took place. It was a great time as usual.

And dances too!

Sunday was church and Trivial Pursuit in the evening. Monday evening was the first dance of the season with “Rocking Ron and Cool Karen” as D J's. As usual it was a night of non-stop dancing and good time to meet up with cruisers you might not have seen for awhile.

Rocking Ron and Cool Karen

Toni and Dave shaking their booty's!

Was Lawrence Welk there????

The rest of the week we have just been hiking and walking the beach. I got this interesting shot of this starfish in the water on the sound side, but I thought the underside was even prettier, so Al held it up for me.

They are so beautiful in the clear water.

But they are just as pretty on the underside!

We also have been having a fun time watching the canine crowd get around. This one dog you might think was adrift on the dinghy. 

 

His master is taking the dog for a walk on the water!

But if you take a closer look at the next photo, you will see his master swimming back to the boat towing the dinghy and dog. They do this most mornings.

Another way many dogs get ashore with their masters is on paddle boards. This particular dog did not seem to be enjoying it as much as the owner. He whimpered the entire way in.

All sorts of ways to get your dog ashore.

Another day I worked the tee shirt booth in town. Every year they take last year's winners design and put it on tee shirts and hats to raise money for the regatta.

This years design.

One day we took the dinghy to the “blue hole” nearby and looked at all the fish. I took my underwater camera and just aimed and shot to see what fish or plant life I could get. There are quite a few fish in the hole, so is one of the more interesting spots. 

Lots of fish in the blue hole.

 

I wish I was in the water with them!

Happy hour beach party.

 A beach party on Hamburger Beach took place one evening.  Some guys brought their instruments and so a jam session took place too.

Lots of fun to listen to our cruising musicians.

 Once in a while we have an educational function and not just fun, games, eating and drinking.  Al attended the seminar on the beach about batteries and electric on the boat.  He could probably have given the seminar but he is always trying to learn something new.

That's Al in the turquoise shirt and his red hat.

Our battery finally came in, so Al is working on putting it all back together. Hopefully, if the wind gods are with us, they will blow in the right direction so we can go visit some place else for a change of pace. There is so much going on around here, sometimes believe it or not you need to just get away!