March 7, 2018 - March 11, 2018
March 7, 2018 was Bob’s 71st birthday. We plan to celebrate it all week. After breakfast we walked to the southeastern portion of the cay to Gillam Bay which has a beautiful beach.
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| A very creative sign guided us down the correct path to the beach It says, "Beach dat way." |
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| We got our first glimpse of the bay from the pathway. |
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| Lovely cottages lined one portion of the bay. |
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| Any beach in its natural state will have debris from the trees that die along its edge. |
Some friends we met last year here at Green Turtle Cay, Jonathan and Marion on s/v Eleuthera II, invited us to their boat for happy hour to help Bob celebrate. The cruiser protocol for these get togethers is that everyone brings their own drinks and a snack to share. We were tired from our long walk on the beach in the morning and decided to create an appetizer from what we had on hand so we wouldn’t have to make the journey into the grocery store. I made cucumber slices topped with cheddar cheese, one half of a grape tomato, and a jalapeño slice. They were colorful and tasty. Spending time with other cruisers is always fun.
The Northeaster that plagued the east coast of the US with snow and frigid temperatures brought a cold front to the Bahamas with cooler (65-75) temperatures and strong winds which kept us close to the boat for a couple of days. We even had a couple of quick rain showers. It’s amazing how your perception of cold weather changes when you are in a warm climate all winter. Yes, we were complaining of the cold.
We took a second walk to Gillam Bay on Friday and explored further south this time.
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| The beach on this portion of the bay was cleared of any natural debris, unlike the section of the beach we explored on Wednesday. |
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| Many grand homes looked over this section of the bay. |
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| Another beautiful home |
After our walk we took a dinghy ride over to White Sound to explore and decided to stay for lunch at The Green Turtle Club. This is the first time we ate out in over a week and the crunchy grouper wraps we had were delicious. Since it was still Bob’s birthday week we celebrated with a slice of chocolate cake with coconut ice cream. Yum!
On Saturday we took a walk to the hydroponic farm that was started by a local resident using the technology developed by the space program to grow food on the International Space station. I picked a bag of fresh greens for our dinner tonight.
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| Since the Bahamas have very little tillable soil this is a great way to grow fresh produce here. |
The salad I made from the fresh greens was outstanding! We are still waiting for a weather window to make it through the Whale Passage and on to Marsh Harbor for some provisions and some cash.
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