Black Point Settlement

Fri March 13, 2015

Black Point Settlement

Great Guana Cay, Exumas, Bahamas

Last night was windy and noisy, we listened to the wind blow and the dinghy splash all night.  Does not make for the best sleeping conditions. We woke to a sunny day, mild temps and not quite as much wind. About lunch time we decided to dinghy over to the little town.  It has a nice Laundromat that looks fairly new, a telephone office that is only open 2hrs a week( on Wed morning.) A post office that is closed because someone is away at Nassau. 3 little restaurants that all have wifi for free, and 2 little stores that are about as big as the spare bedroom in a typical house. We were looking for  bread, milk, snack foods and veggies. We found 1 place that had one loaf of homemade bread,  5 dollars a loaf. We found some Bahamia Fruit Punch in cans the size of cokes, in 6 packs. They were $7.50. When we got them back to the boat they were high fructose syrup, artificial color and flavor, period.   We went to Lorraines for lunch and got a hamburger and soft drink and fries, $30.  Lorraines mother makes coconut bread so we bought a loaf of it for$6. There was little to buy and what you could was costly. 

About 4 pm the weekly mail boat came which brings not only mail but supplies to the stores.  Everyone rushes in to meet it. The grocery stores get fresh supplies too. We went back around 5 and found milk, fresh lettuce, tomatoes and ordinary sliced bread. Some success,  We came back to the boat and had dinner of coconut bread, mango jam, butter and milk. The wind has picked up to 20 kts so it may be another rough night.

We may or may not go on tomorrow.  That depends on what Handleys decide and that depends partly on the winds.  Guess I will know in the morning after the weather forecast. They spent most of their day with their friends Lynn and Ed.  We saw them briefly after the last trip to the grocery store.

I tried to send out the logs that had backed up. Hope they went out and send a group email to a few family and friends. Being out of communication  by email, text and phone all is isolating. Will post when I can, write daily whether I can post immediately or not.