Hop, skip and a jump

Yesterday we left Cambridge Cay and took a 15 nm jaunt down to Staniel Cay.  We had a great time at Cambridge and our going away present was seeing the green flash at sunset the night before we left.  Chris is up to 6 green flashes, Linda 5 and me at 4 for lifetime totals.  We only stayed one night at the Staniel Cay Yacht Club (yacht club is used quite loosely down here) and had a great time at the bar / restaurant with friends but decided to leave this morning for Black Point, 9nm.

Black Point is one of our favorite stops in the Bahamas.  It's a large anchorage and with the exception of west winds it is well protected.  For the most part it is unspoiled by tourism and has a quaint charm as not much has probably changed here since Eisenhower.  It does look like change is on the way but at least we were here to see it beforehand.  There is a wonderful little bar / restaurant here called Lorains where if Lorain is busy you just go behind the bar and get what you want and write it down on a napkin.  When you leave you knock on Lorains kitchen door and show her the napkin and pay.  It's all pretty much like that on Black Point.  There is also a laundromat here that everyone says is the best in the Exumas.  Take your victories where you can.

We just ran out of fresh veggies today so will be stocking up here also.  The Black Point supply boat just came yesterday so the shelves will be full, with variety and fresh.  The store is closed on Sundays.  Baptist country.  Word is out that the supply boat came in so there are over 40 boats in the anchorage.  Me thinks we will get up early.  I just hope the sailboaters don't create a human shield to keep out the power boaters but in reality so many of them are French they probably would surrender without much provocation.

Our other provisions are holding up quite well.  We still have 2 or 3 days left of frozen meat and will probably make it several more weeks with canned goods.  The provisioning this time has been much better than last as we Chris and Linda knew what not to buy and what we ran out of first last time. Beer is a good example of what we ran out of and evaporated milk and stewed tomatoes on the high side.  I ended up giving a trunk full to a Mexican church when we shipped the boat from Georgia.  I don't know what you can make with canned milk and stewed tomatoes.