last Days at Great Cay Harbor, Berry's

Tom and I also have to start growing accustom to "Island Life".  There is a different pace here. Time seems to be the least relevant thing to anyone. 

The people we have meet, fellow boaters as well as tourist we have condos on the Island, have been a joy. We share our adventures and compare notes. Most have been doing this for years. We crossed paths with a woman who is visiting here with her children and husband from Vancouver. He is teaching the local school children how to set in and grow a garden. They are farmers and are on an exchange program for 7 weeks.

Everything has to be brought over here by plane or ship. There are Supply ships that bring most every day things that are suppose to run every two weeks, however we quickly learned this ship was over due and everyone, the residents and visitors alike were anxiously awaiting its arrival. Fresh produce is gold. We brought over cucumbers and avocados and purchased a head of lettuce that we shared with Jon and Arline. When Tom and I went to the store, ( a house that is now a store) the boxes were still out on the floor and customers were pulling things out. I discovered an item called Queen Peas, in coconut milk and purchased a can. I am also getting use to coconut milk and canned milk to do baking. By the way the peas were great - there is a hint of cinnamon in them. I am going to get more to bring back to the states.

Second and third shock - NO ATM's   they will accept credit cards but they prefer cash. 

A load of laundry is 5$ to wash and 5$ to dry - regular loads. So the sheets, towels, shorts and pants were hung around the boat. 

 The people are great, they stop and offer rides, share information and in general help make your stay a unique one. 

I have started to listen to Chris Parker - a weather expert - and realized we had a window to leave and go south over the weekend then another front would move through. We looked at Nassau and decided we would like to spend some time there. Bigger stores and they have a Starbucks. 

Here are a few pictures from Thursday and Friday

Fresh  air sheets, but towels scratchy - need to get Downey

Tom and our Bathing Manatee

Our mast and three others 

Got to have a bird - one of the surprising things is how few we have seen
since we crossed over