Our new plans look like we will work our way south on the Berry's to Hoffman Key . We will anchor out a few days and then cross East to Spanish Wheels on Eleuthera. We will Spend a couple of days there and then work our way North to the Abacos.
We have enjoyed it here a great deal. Great beaches, bike riding, good access to fresh fruit and veggies . We have had great dingy runs to sharks creek, turtle creak and numerous beaches! We have seen sharks, ray, and turtles. During yesterday's dingy run we must have seen 30-50 turtles. We probably put 50 miles on the dingy so far.
Island life here is very different but wonderful. It seems like every time you face a challenge someone is there to help. As an example, the dingy motor just stopped. The next day Vincent, the local mechanic came down and cleaned the carb, he then discovered the fuel pick up in the fuel tank had just rotted off so we were not getting fuel. He made three trips back and forth to the boat, total charge $100. Cody got a major infection in his paw, so the marina called Frenchy who runs the local
people clinic she was here in two hours and tended to Cody, two days latter after his infection flared up she came back and gave us some antibiotics. She did this after fighting a brush fire all day that was threatening house. I ask here what we owed her, her answer was what ever we felt like paying! We had a beer and settled on a price (cheap) she filled us in on how she ended up here after being from the south of France. One very unique individual!
Every day you can order fresh baked bread for 5.50 a loaf. It is then delivered the next day. Choices are white, wheat, pumpkin, coconut, or raisin. Tonight is pitza night, so we ordered a pitza which will be delivered at 7:00pm. Goods are expensive, a package of Romain was 7:50, a gallon of bleach was $9:50. Water is 50 cents a gallon and electricity is 75 cents a kW.
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