Exuma Land & Sea Park January 26, 2022

We have been waiting for some bad weather to come through on Saturday and with little interest in competing for mooring balls south in Cambridge or Staniel Cay, we decided to stay here til it let’s up on Sunday.  Several other boats we have been hanging out with decided to stay too which is great.

We have been having happy hour with all our cruiser friends the last few days and Ron is so excited to get one bread recipe to try.  Our friend learned from a lady who teaches bread making at Georgetown!  She made the best fresh bread and hummus for us the other night!  It was amazing!  We all headed out snorkeling to Judy’s Garden today which was the best coral and largest fish we have seen yet.  I got caught up in the current and was swept out for a bit but crawled my way back on the rock and made it back.  Oops – burned a few calories there.

There is never a lack of things to do and opportunities to help are everywhere if you make yourself available.  We have been volunteering to clear some of the trails.  Having borrowed their machete and branch cutter, we simply take them with us on our hikes.  We have cleared 4-5 trails so far and want to do a few others (mainly poisonwood forest & the ruins) which were very difficult to follow as it was so overgrown. 

The current plan is to go to Staniel Cay, as we will need gasoline to make water and for our dinghy.  Our provisions & Diesel seem to be holding very well, we just don’t have any fresh vegetables any longer.  An ugly cob of corn and two sad brussel sprouts are all that remain.  At least we still have nearly a dozen eggs and a few onions.  We will likely wait till we get to Georgetown to add to our stash there but have plenty of frozen and canned to last a while.  

The only boat part needed is for our shower drain pump.  It drains SOOOOO slowly now it is sad.  Ron took it apart already and it is unfixable (without something like an innertube).  Now I get to gingerly hold down the bilge button 4-5 time longer than normal while taking a 10 times shorter shower.  Not an easy task so this will also be a priority.  We are hoping it lasts til we have a chance to get the part.

Best bread ever!