Pavement Optional

Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas Dec 12^th, 2021

Ron and I took off in our golf cart rental last night to head down to Pineapple’s bar and grill for food and a cocktail. The roads were a flashback to Costa Rica except for the one main road down the center of the island which must has been redone after the hurricane. The effects of the hurricane were still in plain sight regardless of the fact it happened two years ago. Apparently, it was the most intense tropical storm ever recorded and this was a mere 2 years after the most intense hurricane hit here, hurricane Irma. It’s funny in that all the telephone poles were new, the road was paved, and roughly half of the houses were brand new. Those that weren’t were either boarded up or there were people living in complete squalor. The palm trees were half uprooted and leaning at a 30-degree angle. There was a considerable amount of poverty on full display. It was a bit sad to see this as we drive through the small part of the island we saw on our way and was vaguely reminiscent of Jamaica.

Pineapples was a bit of a bust. We tried our first Sands beer, from a Bahamian Brewery, and Ron likes it better that Miller Lite. That is something I thought I would never hear. Then we hit round two for a “Pirate’s Punch.” It was a pineapple rum concoction which was quite lovely but only one of those for each of us. Even though the place was empty and the only vegetarian thing on the menu was French fries, we shared a basket, and watched the lovely sunset on that side of the island. Besides the blood drive had continued so we headed back to the boat for a cheap beer and cheese puffs for dinner. Classy I know.

We still had the golf cart rental for a few more hours the next morning so we went and checked out the north end of the island. The paved road stopped and if you put your feet in one of the ruts or potholes you would be about ankle deep That was fun but we were rewarded by a beautiful beach and have found out new anchorage for the night. We are getting the heck out of the marina to attempt to escape from the bugs and the wind of being offshore certainly helped. We are going to stay put for a few days til the storm passes, as we are in a protected anchorage, which should be through end of next week. No worries though, we are ready for the break and will use this time to finish another week off out jobs. We have just enough WIFI to do video calls and email.