We took the outside route to Black Point because it didn’t look like we were going to sail and it would be faster. It was getting late in the day. We anchored at the edge of the anchorage where there were about 45 boats. We tried to get our friends on the radio because we knew they would be there but they didn’t answer. When we couldn’t get them on the radio we took a ride out in our dinghy to look for them and couldn’t find them so we just went into town to check out the Laundromat. Our friends had told us about it and it looked great. It was open until 9pm but closed on Sunday. If we had known then what we know now we would have done our laundry on Saturday night, but we waited until Monday morning.
On our way back we found a boat exactly like ours and it turns out we had met them a few years ago when Bill was corresponding with him on how to fix some things. We said hello and went on board to catch up. They have been cruising the Bahamas for a few years now and had lots of stuff to teach us. They were very relaxed, I think that is what we have to learn the most!
We always listen to the VHF radio. We listen for people who might be calling us and we listen to people calling others. There is not a lot of entertainment out here, you need to make your own. Sometimes they advertise the restaurants and businesses you are close to. We heard everyone calling to make reservations at Lorraines Café for the barbecue on Sunday night. We went there to check it out and decided we would go too. 5:00pm, $15 a person, lots of different foods, lots of cruisers go. We also ordered two loafs of bread that Lorraine’s mother makes to be picked up on Monday morning.
At 5pm we headed to Lorraines to make sure that we got our share of the food. Well, this was our first lesson in patience. We aren’t sure if it was Island time, or just a way to get the cruisers to spend more money on alcohol, there was no food until 7pm. No one is going to make any money on Bill and I drinking alcohol – we were drinking ice water! There was a young family there with adorable 2 and 4 year old children. We ended up sitting with them and that worked out for everyone! We got to go through the buffet first since Lorraine didn’t want the children trampled. The father ended up not feeling well because of the heat and the noise, and the expectation of food at 5pm and getting it at 7pm. He had to go back to his boat but the children were really enjoying the food. He asked us if we could take his wife and children back when everyone was done. We were happy to do it. Those kids are having an interesting life – that is for sure!
This morning we finally got to do the laundry after having to wait three weeks since we saw a Laundromat. We got there around 9:00am and all the other cruisers were there too. Too bad – there was no water! They were filling up the tank again so we would have to wait until noon to come back and do the laundry. That was our second lesson in patience. The laundry is all done now though. It’s nice to have clean clothes again! As an added extra bonus, the woman who runs the laundry, Ida, also cuts hair. Bill got his cut as you can see in the picture above. I am letting mine grow long!
This afternoon we went snorkeling by the inlet from the Sound. Bill saw a moray eel and pointed it out to me. He had his jaws open and you could see his teeth. We didn’t get too close! There were lots of fish, all different colors, all different sizes.
We finally have had Internet access that was good enough to put up our Exumas pictures. I did two albums because I need to split out all the reptile pictures Bill has taken. Please look at them in our
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