Arrived in Marsh Harbor on Friday, December 12th…Spent
first night anchored out but had a couple of boat problems and decided to go to
the marina for repairs. Marina and Jib Room owner, Tom, Steve, his son and Jason
were charming and helpful. The next day, we ventured into Marsh Harbor to the
Marine Store to get a part for the dinghy motor, found a place for a good lunch
and then walked to Maxwells’s new grocery store. Taken with the amazing amount of inventory,
we sort of over bought with the ramification of carrying several heavy bags of
groceries for what seemed an eternity back to the dinghy. Another day, Cliff and I both got our hair
cut at the local beauty parlor and then meandered through the assortment of
island stores for the rest of the afternoon.
On December 17th, we left and headed to Linyard
Cay, anchored and left the next morning for Royal Island Harbor, anchored and on
the next day, headed for Allan’s Cay to see the Iguana’s. Alas, there was no room in the harbor but it
was a shock to see numerous iguanas on the beach sunning themselves and maybe
looking for food handouts from the tourist.
We decided to go south for 2 more hours to Shroud Cay where we picked up
a mooring ball for the night.
On to Exuma Cay’s Land and Sea Park in the Northfield at
Warerick Wells. What a magnificent
place. Cliff and I hiked to Boo Boo
Hill, the highest point on the island and a wonderful overlook. Alas, all of
the wonderful pictures of this place were somehow lost when I tried to transfer
my camera to the computer. So, will have
to take my word for it…Don’t ever miss going to Warerick Wells if you come to
the Bahamas. Some of the trails are
actually made up of limestone rock which to me seemed downright prehistoric.
There was so much to do there and there were several
families there for Christmas as well.
Cliff and I spent Christmas Eve there and then took off Christmas Day for
Blockpoint to anchor and call my children on Christmas. The next day, we
ventured to Lee Stocking Island , an abandoned Caribbean Marine Research Center
which struck us as a huge waste of a beautiful island.
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| Sandals, Emerald Bay |
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| Sandals |
Next to Emerald Bay Marina which is now owned by Sandals
(Emerald Bay). We arrived a day early to
meet our friends Melissa and Dan on Blue Dancer who will accompany us on our
adventure to Trinidad. Cliff and I had Bahama Pinacolada’s and a great lunch at
the restaurant and also a delightful walk on the beach to Sandals to look
around.
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| Monument on Stocking Island |
Arrived in Stocking Island, Georgetown on December 29th and anchored out along with several other boats waiting for a good weather
window to take off South. This area is
surprising as it is kind of a boat community minus the marina where everyone
either knows or tries to know each other.
They have beach volley ball, cocktail hours, morning radio broadcasts,
etc. etc. etc. The dinghies are
constantly moving from boat to boat, to Georgetown, or to Stocking Island.
Cliff and I celebrated New Year’s Eve on Dan and Melissa’s
boat and all four of us went to shore to dance at a local club.
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| EYC in Georgetown??????? |
At this writing, we are still in Georgetown and waiting for
a weather window to take off. More
later.
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| Following Cliff up the path to monument |
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| View from half way up the hill |
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| View from monument on Stocking |
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