We left there on Wednesday(the 17th) to skitter down to Staniel Cay, to catch "fresh market day" at Isles General Store. We pulled into the anchorage between Big Majors and Fowl Cay and dropped the hook. We had a pretty strong blow due in that night, so I nudged all the way up into the northern most spot and dropped the hook in 5 feet of soft sand. The boat fell back into about 6.5 feet of water and the Bruce Claw grabbed adn dug in deep.
Esme(from Las Sirenas) came by and grabbed Carryn in their dingy and they venture off to the "market". A few hours later she cam back with her bounty. So should illustrate how expensive things are in the Bahamas. $50 for all you see here
We felt good about our spot and holding. We were as far in as possible, and more protected than any of the other 20+ boats. It was still a bumpy night, but we did fine.
Since then, we have been splorin' the area. Staniel Cay is the place where they filmed much of the James Bond movie Thunderball. There is a big grotto here that is a great dive with an underwater cave and good reef life. The other big attraction is the swimming pigs. These domestic(but a little unruly) pigs inhabit a beach just south of our anchorage. They are used to being visited by cruisers in their dingies, and fully expect to be fed. We took some moldy bread and food scraps out to them and had fun. (tried to upload a little video, but no luck).
So we are thinking of heading south to Black Point, where the laundry mat is legendary, as is Lorraines Cafe and the great coconut bread teh Lorraines mother bakes.
We will share some more details and pics of our adventures soon.
We miss everyone, so we hope you will come see us soon.
Brandon, Carryn and Bella
5 comments:
The pictures that you are taking are really beautiful. I wish that I had a map of the area so that I could follow where you are and where you are going. If you see one in your shopping pklease mail me one. YOu sound so happy and carefree.
I just finished dong the income tax for last year. Glad it is behind me Willl mail on Monday.
We are all fine here except for nasty colds that none of us can seem to shake. I think that Nattie just keps bring home new germs from school. Earl got them another pony and she takes care of it every day after school She wants to be a cowgirl! She rides him in the pen bareback and thinks she is really hot stuff. It is also her job to help collect the eggs every day and to put themin the rgg cartons. I sell them in town when I volunteer at the Comfort Table on Wednesday mornings. Glad that you are in warmer weather/ We have another chance for snow on Tuesday. I can hardly wait for spring however I don't lok firward to summer if it is goig to be as hot as last year.
I am rattling on and on so will close for now and await the next installment of your adventure.
All my love to allof you. Mom
Hey there you three,(Bella is always included) we are wishing we were right there with you. Rod is getting to do some catch up work on the bright work on "Dreamers Ketch" It is much needed. I am at present taking care of yet another brood of puppies. Each one is cuter than the last. We aren't having as much fun as you guys are, and are wishing we were right there with ya. We love reading the blog though and look weekly to see the new adventures of our sailing buddies. We wish you guys lots of clear sailing and fat fish. Keep the pics and postings coming, love the pictures by the way. Blessings to you
Wanda and Rod
Wow...love the pig pic. Can't believe the grocery bill. Tom is biting at the chomp we have to get hardward store..yes yet another home project. kitchen sink is leaking, so we'll head out to our money tree and find something to fix it. We had a couple of people fly in from Florida to see our boat yesterday, but have not heard anything this Sunday. So guessing they likely were not interested. At Last looks great. We will be very sad to see her go. But the money tree is getting bare.
Keep the posts coming - love all the Ryon clan.
Hey...just saw on Yahoo best budget beaches is Cat Island, Bahamas.... has an affordable resort area, nice fun bars---looked pretty neat. :-)
You should have found out by now that NZ lamb chops are less than $2 per pound where as it normally goes at $5/lb here in the States. So go lamb children and enjoy!save the bones for Bella to chew on Love Lood and kie
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