First of all we sleep late but wake up in time to make coffee and listen to the 'net' at 8 am. The net is an endless round of routine announcements, but it is useful to find where the pot luck supper will be that day. Also new arrivals are interesting. Jan cooks breakfast. My favorite is a bowl of cheesy grits with an over easy egg on top. That will keep me smiling all morning. Jan's favorite breakfast is French toast made with homemade coconut bread that we buy ashore. Then we might dingy into town for a bit of shopping, pick up water, do Internet, or just shoot the bull at the dingy dock with other cruisers.
About noon we dingy back over across the road stead to "Chat and Chill" on Volleyball Beach. They make a great burger for a reasonable price. The picture is of Jan and Philip outside Chat and Chill. While letting the lunch digest we take in some sun, watch the kids play volleyball, and shoot some more bull with the cruisers. After lunch we can hike across Lee Stocking Island to the ocean side for a long walk on the beach. At low tide on the beach there is a rocky pool warmed by the sun that is ideal for taking a salt water bath and shampoo. Back on the boat we have a quick fresh water rinse.
About sundown we can either go into the beach for a bonfire/pot luck/mixer or just relax with a sundowner as the sun sets over George Town. I either grill or Jan cooks dinner. Fine dining is not realistic here, so most meals are on the boat. After dinner we often star gaze, esp. on moonless nights, or play cards. Then its off to bed early.
That's pretty much it every day. We can tell that the weeks go by because Beach Church is every Sunday and the propane truck (see pic) comes on Wednesday. On the few calm days we can snorkel. Lately the wind has blown so hard that the water is turbid with sand and snorkeling is not good. Some of the younger set goes into town at night to honky tonk at the few bars about. The older set goes over to the hotel to play trivial pursuit or Texas hold'em poker ($5 buy in).
Our friend, Philip Emmanuel, came to visit last week and got to enjoy all of this. We had planned to sail off to a nearby island, but the wind was too strong for comfortable and safe sailing. One one day we did circumnavigate Lee Stocking Island, a day sail of about 25 miles. We managed to have an enjoyable week without much adventure.
The wind will lay down for two days soon and White Pepper is off to Long Island, Conception Island, and San Salvador. At San Salvador we want to see what stirred up Christopher Columbus in 1492.
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