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Sunday, February 19, 2023

2023-02-19 - Just hanging out in George Town, taking walks and playing volleyball

Nothing much going on. Dean goes in to the beach in the morning to play volleyball. Started in the afternoon, but found that a more competitive group with better skills plays in the morning, so that is where Dean heads now.

A little practice waiting for more folks to form up teams

Kris not into volleyball, so each morning she heads out on one of the many trails. Some trails are rougher than others - lots of rock and hills, and others are quite flat and easy. Long barefoot beach walks are always good as well. Lots of pictures from the trails below.

Rougher trails up on the hill, where you are walking in scrub brush and rough rocks

Nice view of rocky shoreline

Rock stacks are trail marks on the hill tops

Lower trails, thicker taller brush and flat walking

Some swampy areas - but nice rock stepping stones

I think this is a poisonwood tree - don't get the sap on you

Lots of close palms on trail. Have to duck and weave a bit to avoid the fronds

Found this guy on the beach walk - glad I did not step on it.

Nice view of the very busy anchorage from the hill top

Nice beach walk

Lots of these little guys cause rustling in the leaves as you walk by

We did go into town and had a lunch out - wasn't worth it. $40 for a burger, fries and coke for two people, and it took about an HOUR from when we ordered, until the food arrived.

Waiting for food

Yes, that is a $15 dollar burger and fries

Did a separate trip to fill our propane. Long line of folks with their bottles waiting for their turn at back of propane truck.

In line with bottles, waiting for a fill.

Georgetown Cruisers regatta starts this week. It is a couple of weeks of fun races, goofy activities, and events. Haven't decided how much longer we will stay here - depends on if Dean wants to play in the volleyball competition.

Outboards, love them or buy new one? Our Honda outboard works well and then it doesn't and it becomes frustrating. We have run a good year without any issues but in George Town we have had some issues. The carburetor has been removed 3 times but it still isn't working as reliable as we want. Once it is running - it runs - but getting it started can be difficult. And it dies when at idle frequently. Kris is more ready to dump it than Dean, but new engines are very expensive so it is a hard decision to keep or not.

Sunday, February 12, 2023

2023-02-12 George Town, Exuma - bit of a boring week - Derek's trip cancelled

We had a uneventful sail north, with a couple of changes of plans. We had planned on sailing to George Town via Flamingo Cay, and then Water Cay, and thru Hog Cay Cut - but the weather and mostly waves decided differently for us. So instead about an hour out of Flamingo Cay - plans changed and we headed to the north end of Exuma Island, anchored for the night, and then headed southeast back into Georgetown. We sailed most the way - so that was nice. Coming into George Town, clouds formed - and we got a brief squall - always pleasant to anchor in.

You can clearly see the front line of clouds of the squall

2023-02-04 - Early blog, Hog Cay, started trip north to Buena Vista

Publishing early, as on Sunday we will be out of electronic communications range sailing between Buena Vista Cay and George Town Exuma.

We spent a couple more days on Hog Cay. We hiked through the brambles, as we had seen a straight line on Google Earth, and some ruins from the trail the previous day, and wanted to explore.