At Great Harbour Cay Marina in the Berries Bahamas Friday 2/10/17
After I did last nights log I twisted my bad knee trying to get on the boat at low tide (no floating deck). I can not bend it more than about 100 degrees with out the pain being impossible. It is swollen and there is no ice on the boat. I could not manage on a boat tossing and turning in the shape I am in so we may be here longer than we planned. A sail boat leans and bobs and footing takes 2 good legs. Lee brought me pineapple turnover in bed this morning. Being docked near the little pastry shop has its advantages.
We rented a rattle trap golf cart to explore the island. I could not get in and out of the dinghy or ride one of the free marina bikes. It was so loud you could hardly talk and so rough it was like riding a buck board. We saw what of town there was, a couple of tiny stores that did not have as much as your typical gas station convenience store at home. A liquor store, couple of churches, police station and the school. It is typical of the other islands we have seen in that most of the buildings are in disrepair and half are abandoned. The only nicely kept homes were on the road to the airport and I doubt they belong to locals. Everyone is very helpful and friendly also like the other islands we have visited.
We drove out to the huge crescent beach on the eastern side of the island. There were a few other people there too. It was whitest sand you ever saw and that bright topaz blue water. One of the most beautiful beaches I have ever seen, even prettier than Hawaii. When we left and started back to the marina we saw some of the people who had biked to the beach from the marina were stopped in the road. A woman was lying in the road and her friends had gathered around her. She had a bike wreck. We loaded her on our golf cart and her bike too and returned her to the marina where they had their boat docked. Do not think she broke anything but will be sore and bruised for a while.
Tonight the marina had a Bahama dinner and music. Lee ate the dinner and the music was canned not live. It was cool, actually felt good to have on jeans and a jacket. Yesterday this time we had the AC on in the boat, tonight we have everything closed up but no heat on.
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