Marsh Harbour

Our next destination was Marsh Harbour, into a marina, to explore and reprovision (re-rum).  Serendipity is always the last boat anywhere, since we're the slowest, but this time we outdid ourselves.  Due in part to the full moon, the tides were more extreme than usual.  It was mean low tide, and there were boats running aground everywhere.  Since we have a 6' draft, we were advised by Rusty (who had already plowed a new channel with his keel) to wait a bit before entering the harbor.  So we dropped the hook and had a leisurely lunch, watching the depth sounder all the while.  We made it into the dock later, only dredging a small channel as we pulled in.

Yikes! 

 

 

Julia got the unfortunate news that she was needed back in New York, so we had a farewell dinner at Mangoes that night.

Peter, the friendly bartender at Mangoes

We hit town (on foot of course) the next day to visit grocery stores, seafood stores, spirit stores, and to generally look around. The grocery store was huge and very well stocked (compared to some we've visited in the past few weeks that only had two sweet potatoes and a maxi pad), so even though we're provisioned well enough to live for several years of course we bought more. Thankfully, produce has been available almost everywhere, so we get fruit and salad ingredients when we can (even if we pay almost $2 per tomato).

Stephen and Pam headed for Bristol Spirits

Captain at the local drive-in movie

We wound up the day with happy hour and a cookout at the pool, comparing shopping stories and meeting new best friends.

Bob loves his noodles

 

We decided to stay over another day, since the winds and weather were somewhat threatening, so we strolled the island in a different direction.  The Captain found a conch horn (we're practicing -- some of our neighbors think there are bull elephants mating in the area) and we found coconut bread and macaroni and cheese so good it didn't even make it back to the boat.  It's a quaint town, with lots of ferries to and from other islands.

been a while since we've seen this name!