So, I’m gonna talk about a ton or random stuff today. ;))
We sailed south from Staniel Cay the other day after a great few days anchored off of Big Major’s Spot. We didn’t do a ton at Staniel’s other than feed the pigs at the infamous “pig beach,” swim the super amazing thunderball grotto (video coming soon!), and walk around town a bit. It’s a cute little island and the Yacht Club is a great spot for lunch and drinks!
Plus, there is pretty bougainvillea everywhere on the island!!! My favorite!
Meanwhile, we are now anchored here in Blackpoint, Exumas just catching up on a few to-do’s, like our massive bag of dirty laundry that was so huge it took an entire day to clean. :(( I still can’t figure out how we seem to amass SO MUCH dirty laundry when all we’re wearing are a few swimsuits and coverups. But you should see the laundromat here…it’s awesome and has one of the best views ever!
We’re also thoroughly loving the FREE wifi all over the island! Unfortunately, it’s not totally available on the boat, but is still totally awesome, fast, and free pretty much anywhere here in town.
On Saturday, Jer and I met up with our new cruising friends on s/v Anthyllide for what I am lovingly calling a “hike-a-thon” of mega proportions, where we hiked all the way to the “white horse” cliffs here on Great Guana Cay (basically the cliffs overlooking Dotham Cut).
The hike was amazingly beautiful and we had an awesome time hanging with Kim and Scott on s/v Anthyllide! Blog post from our hike (with LOTS of pretty photos) coming soon!
Oh and we learned another very important lesson the other day…do NOT store crappy Walmart brand water jugs in your dry bag/ditch bag because they will bust open and turn the “dry” bag into a “wet” bag. Awesome. Thanks a lot Walmart for your dud-quality plastic bottles. They work like a charm. Not! Thank god I put everything else in ziplocs or our emergency dry bag would’ve been a wreck. (PS – We weren’t needing to use it or anything, just cleaning out our storage area on the boat.)
Hmmmm, I also read two books this past week. My Kindle Paperwhite continues to be one of my favorite items on board. Without wifi available at all times, it’s definitely nice to have a good stash of ebooks at hand. Speaking of which, I really should download a few more while we actually have decent wifi access here in Blackpoint.
Does anyone else have the same crazy need to keep the floors in your house/boat/etc. clean from crumbs (and sand in our case) at all times??? It drives me nuts to walk barefoot and feel morsels of who-knows-what stuck to my feet. Which is why when we lived in Naples, I probably vacuumed once per day at our house, if not more. Feel free to call me crazy!
But now that we are on the boat, I’ve succumbed to “foot-mopping” as I like to call it, where I take a piece of wet paper towel and proceed to drag it under my foot along the boat floor, trying to get deep into the edges and pick up as much sand as I can with one continuous sweep. We do actually have one of those bucket head vacs on the boat, but dragging it out of the cockpit locker is a royal pain and it sucks up a decent amount of power. I’ll stick to foot-mopping for now. ;))
And I finally busted out my Starbuck’s vanilla latte singles I’d been hoarding for the past month and a half. Boy am I going to be sad when they’re gone. They are so easy to make and muy delicioso! Ahhhh, I miss Starbucks.
^^btw, local fresh coconut bread makes killer toast — it almost tastes like french toast if you just drizzle on some syrup!^^
Hope everyone has a fabulous Tuesday!
xoxo
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