Georgetown, Bahamas
23.31.055N
75.45.481W
Not much to report today. We had a holiday sing along on the beach last night and for the most part, didn't sound too bad. Mike, from MTNest, had a keyboard and a plastic box full of folders with printed lyrics. The front of the folder read: The Beach Church. I wondered if he was a retired minister. He and his wife were returning to their home in Minnesota for the holidays but will be heading down island when they return. They said that they would like to tag along with us but would understand if we got a weather window and had to leave before they got back. Hopefully, we will be able to meet up with them later.
We're still trying to find Gary & Linda on Rainbow Rider. We met them in Jacksonville maybe a year ago and shared our mutual desire to travel south. We'd heard they had left a couple of weeks ago bound for Georgetown. We try hailing them on Channel 16 a couple of times a day and every time we see a Lagoon catamaran with a back arch pull through. Nothing yet.
We sat with Roger & Elaine on Doc-No-More for the better part of the afternoon pouring over charts and guidebooks trying to decide where to go next. We've pretty much agreed that we'd all like to see Conception and Rum Cays before heading off to the Turks and Caicos. We'd also like to see Samana and they would like to see Mayaguana.
We dingied around the various hurricane holes today exploring and took a walk on the beach on the eastern side of the island. It was gorgeous; hardly any flotsam and jetsam washed up on that shore. With the tide out, it was a wide beach with several sand dunes and a fairly steep hillside covered in sea oats. Except for the steepness of the hill, it reminded us of the Panhandle area with the fine grain sand, dunes and sea oats.
Last night the wind shifted to out of the Southeast and kept us rocking most of the night. It quieted during the day but now has started to pick up again. I guess it didn't read the guidebooks that say that the wind dies down at night and picks up during the day. If it continues, we may move over to an island not too far away called Red Shanks. We'll keep you posted.
