19 March 2024
Today started with the typical schedule - Chris Parker weather at 6:30 followed by the boater's net at 8:00. In Georgetown, the net is on channel 72 where in Black Point, it was held on Ch.68.
We expected some turbulent weather this morning, and the woman on the boat "Serenity", next to us, was going off in her dinghy to shore to do food shopping and laundry. She gave us her boat card. so we could contact her in case of emergency.
The wind picked up quickly, and before long we heard a shout out on the VHF radio that someone's boat was dragging anchor, and he better fix it fast! Fortunately, it was not the boat "Serenity" in trouble.
The storm was exhilarating as we watched the sailboats near us galloping in the wind like wild horses.
By noon the winds had settled down some, and a kite surfer came out to enjoy the weather. He must drooling while getting his wet suit on and his gear ready when he saw the wind. He came out and gave us quite a show. Clark wondered how he could balance on the board. I wondered how he could get on it to begin with!
While we waited out the storm, we ate lunch. By 12:30 it was calm enough that we could take a ride into town for a look around! We were told we could tie up at the dinghy dock behind the Exuma food market. All we had to do was look for a small bridge to find it. We went the wrong way to start with and got wet from splashing waves as we hunted for the bridge. Eventually we had to backtrack and found it with a bit more searching.
My first thought -- Guaranteed only dinghies are going in there due to the height and width of that opening!
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| Entrance to the dinghy dock ahead |
Our first stop in town was the food market to see what they had. I had a list today of things I needed. We were lucky as the provisioning boat had just come in the night before, and they were busy stocking the shelves. The day before the fruits and vegetables were non existent.
Fortunately, none of the items I purchased were in the perishable food category, so we got what we needed and then went for a stroll around town. We circumnavigated Lake Victoria.
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| Georgetown with Lake Victoria in the middle |
Climbing up from the dinghy dock, our first view was of a wall of flowers. I thought of my friend Cathy and how much she likes flowers and took a picture for her!
As we walked through town and around the lake, we passed a couple of food stores and several gift shops. One of the gift shops had all handmade items for sale, and people sat actually creating their crafts as we walked around the shop. Unfortunately, the last thing I need is more trinkets to clutter up space, so I had to take a pass on all the excellent creativity.
On our walk we found a few churches. The climb up to the one shown below was impressive! (We did not walk up there.) The hike up must keep the congregation in good physical condition!
As we walked out of the business section of town, we got some great views of Elizabeth Harbour on our left.
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| The Captain was enjoying the walk. He loves exploring! |
Clark took several pictures through the pine needles trying to get a good, framed one of the Monument. Problem was the pine needles kept shifting in the breeze making it a challenge to get it right.
We crossed over to the left at the T in the road and walked up an incline to get around to the other side of Georgetown to see the Lake. That was definitely more treacherous than it sounds as the cars drive on the "wrong" side of the road compared to the USA. We constantly have to remind ourselves where we should walk and which way we should look for traffic.
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| Lake Victoria |
From here we could see the other side of the church on top of the hill. I thought it a beautiful church and wanted pictures.
We passed another, old church as we walked by the Lake.
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| St. Theresa's Roman Catholic Church Georgetown, Exuma, Bahamas |
Besides the Exuma Market, where we docked and bought our groceries, we saw they had a Shop Rite in town. Shop Rite is popular in our area of New Jersey, so we were curious to take a look at the one in Georgetown! Clearly, they are not related in any way. The logo is all wrong!
Having British ancestry, I got a kick out of the sign below.
Having circumnavigated Lake Victoria, we returned to our starting point. I had forgotten to buy tomatoes on our first visit, so before we left I popped in to buy a couple. The store was fairly empty when we shopped earlier. Now the line to pay weaved its way to the back of the store. I almost put the tomatoes back but was told, "the line moves fast", so I waited.
Unfortunately for my wallet, that gave me time to impulse buy the ice cream I had to stand next to for 10 minutes. Clark had waited outside thinking I would be out in a minute instead of about the 25 minutes it took to get out of there. Now, with ice cream in hand, I was anxious to get back to Sunset Delight and the freezer!
We had to walk past the "Swing with the Pigs" swing set to get back to our dinghy.
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| 2 Kids on the swings "Swing with the Pigs!" |
We left the dinghy dock shortly after another set of folks pushed off. I got a picture of them going under the bridge out of Lake Victoria.
Then it was our turn to go through the tunnel!
When we came out the other side, we were facing a pile of rocks. We could have used that as a landmark to find the tiny bridge had we known to look for it!
We returned to "Sunset Delight" and were settled in when another wind event came up. At 6:30 dark clouds rolled in as rays of sun shown through the clouds. The kite surfer must have thought it was his lucky day as he once again jumped on his board and wove his way around the boats giving us another show of his talents.
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