Governors Harbor/Cupids Cay, Tarpum Bay & Back to Rock Sound

 

Time Flies!  Rob’s foot is pretty much healed as I write this.  We spent a quiet New Years and set out for Governors Harbour on New Years Day.  One of the problems with staying in one spot is the batteries tend to get low and that was our problem.  We thought we would motor up to Governors, about 15 miles, but as it turned out we had a lovely sail!  Dropped the hook a bit after 1pm and off I went to town.  Nothing, I mean nothing was open on New Years Day.  It was good to walk around but the only person ‘working’ was a fisherman plying his fish and lobster. 

Governors Harbour was founded in 1648 but Loyalists and the architecture is a wonderful blend of Key West, Colonial and Bahamian.

                                       Key west and Colonial styles

Definitely Bahamian and the Government Building decked out for Christmas!

We have always like it here and have our favorite haunts like the Buccaneer Club up the hill, the Haynes Library and the local bakery. 

                          The Anglican Church and the Haynes Library

 

The local fisherman with his catch and Hampshire Rose on the hook at Governors

On the second we went to shore to test out Rob’s foot!  He did very well.  We went for a few groceries – pretty bare but we were told there would be 3 supply boats the next day, went by the bakery but no conch patties till 11:30 so we went back to the boat, dropped off our purchases, picked up books to exchange at the library and back to town we went.  Up the hill to the Buccaneer Club were we had a Conch &  a Grouper Burger.  By now Rob’s foot was a bit sore so he stayed at the library while I went to have a copy made of our Cruising Permit.  Since I will be going stateside for a few weeks I may be bringing back items for the boat.  To avoid duty on these things you must show a valid Cruising Permit.  We had another Pearson 365 in the anchorage that we had met last year.  Howard & Lois invited us over for cocktails and it was nice to see what others have done to their boat!

This morning we are headed to Tarpum Bay where last year we met Donavan & Diane from the D & D.  More to come……

Well D & D is no more.  Now it is just Diane but here are a couple of pictures from last year

 

Diane asked me to help her make conch fritters for the Easter Homecoming @ Rock Sound!  That will be a blast – looking forward to it.

Now in Florida.  Time for the doctors and seeing friends!

From Hatchet Bay to Rock Sound

What a great time we had in Hatchet Bay.  Since rob was not able to get off the boat I once again became ‘dingy independent’.  It always amazes me how many cruising women I meet that have no idea how to run their own boat.  I am neither the best nor the best but I get by!  As I mentioned previously on my first trip to Alice Town I met Phil & Irene on Plan B from and below is a photo.

Phil Irene & Shaun in the Junkanoo shack.  The Shark for Junkanoo

We had a great time with them and it gave Rob other company besides me!  One of our favorite tings (that’s Bahamas' speak for things) about Hatchet Bay is the fresh stone crab.  Let me say that we made good use of it!  The supply boat only comes once a week so fresh meat & veggies were in short supply so we made the most out of fresh stone crab, stone crab quiche, stone crab pizza and tonight will be stone crab scampi! 

On  Christmas Eve I went to buy some crab and took John (the boss) some “thank you bags’ and he ended up giving me a bag of crab just because he thought it was nice that I brought the bags for him.  This is what I mean about the Bahamian people.  They do not have a whole lot (by American standards) but they have such a wonderful attitude about life!  I just want to learn that lesson.

Well, the time flies and before we knew it we had been in Hatchet for a week.   The lady at the local grocery asked me if I had moved to the area – time to go. We decided to head down to Alabaster bay for the night and due to the fact that weather will be moving in we did not dawdle but are moving on to Rock Sound for a few days.

the green grouper and some “Blue” the junkanoo artist.

More later- Holly