WE ARE NOT ALONE OUT HERE

MARCH 24, 2013


NEW NEIGHBORS

Day 4 in Georgetown – It is early & Rod has taken the dinghy across the harbor to fill all the empty fuel jugs. Today we will spend the day working on our list of things to be done before we move further south. I will spend the morning sewing the last two screen panels that will fully enclose the cockpit. It is almost time for all those insects to arrive.

ENTRANCE TO THE DINGHY DOCK

This afternoon we will check for mail, make a trip to the hardware store & visit the book exchange at the public library. Most of our stops in large & small boating communities have had great book exchanges, usually in the laundry or sometimes restaurants. I have had no problem keeping new reading material for evening entertainment.

The one thing we have found so surprising is the lack of deserted anchorages since arriving in the islands. When we drop the anchor there are always 3 or more boats near. The number of boats we see, even out sailing in the Exuma Sound or crossing the Exuma Bank have been amazing. One thing is for sure, we are not alone out here. Now that we are leaving the most accessible islands we are expecting that to change.

At the Sunday cruisers gathering on the beach there is usually someone giving a talk about the route south. With weather permitting there is always someone leaving for a new destination. We met couples on 4 boats in Black Point that are heading for Granada or Trinidad & they are all here at anchor. I am sure we will run into them on a regular basis, as we all head south for the same destination.