Wednesday, April 16th
This is our third day in Black Sound, Green Turtle Cay. We left Guana Cay with the tide on Monday
morning and sailed around the Whale inlet (out into the Atlantic and then back
into the Abaco Sea) and into very shallow waters into Black Sound settlement on
Green Turtle. The hop was only about 12
miles so we were in Green Turtle for lunch.
We are on a mooring ball owned by Donny’s Boat Rentals at incredibly low
rate of $10 per day. As with our whole
trip, we will be here for awhile waiting for a break in the weather. Now we are experiencing thunderstorms with
squalls of heavy wind, Spring in the Abacos.
Bill is off right now trying to get a part and fix for the
outboard that is needed in order to lift the motor when going through shallow
water.
We have been walking the beaches and swimming and touring
the island shops, stores and restaurants.
If we stay here longer we will rent a cart and go to the other side of
Green Turtle to White Sound.
Saturday, April 19th
Still in Green Turtle hanging onto that mooring ball and
waiting out yet another day of thunderstorms.
Our golf cart ride was lots of fun, checking out all the back roads and
remote beaches, Francie and Ken and Skipper and Bill and I and April all
hanging on over the rough “roads.” I
tried to get some laundry and shopping done yesterday, but it was Good Friday
and everything was closed. The Bahamas
are in the Bible belt as far as businesses being open on holy days, including
Sundays.
We are now watching the weather carefully. We are three days away from our
crossing. We will go from here to Sale
Cay, on to West End in the Grand Bahamas and then cross to West Palm
Beach. Laying over in West End can be
expensive, so we don’t want to get stuck there for too many days.
April is now as bleached out as we are
tanned. I rinse the salt out of her coat
whenever I find free water. However, it
only lasts a few hours, if that, and she is back in the water again. Swimming and lizard hunting – what a
life! She now spends a lot of her time
on the deck of the boat, basking in the sun and checking out activity on shore.
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