We made the decision to hang out in Marsh Harbor for awhile and right now we’re glad we made that decision. Three cold fronts moved off the U.S. coast and winds have been blowing 20 to 25 for 3 to 4 days now. There are lots of boats in the area and it's like Georgetown in the Exumas, they have a cruiser’s net that broadcasts on VHF radio every morning at 8:15am. They provide a weather forecast and announcements from many of the stores and restaurants about things happening around the area. Of course this weekend is Superbowl Sunday, so everyone is having a party. The marina here is having a chili cook-off and pot luck. Even though they have a restaurant they seem to encourage the pot lucks. They always have a cash bar so looks like they make way more on drinks than they do food. There seems to be no lack of activity. Since we arrived they’ve had a mexican pot luck, happy hour with goodies, and a conch blowing contest to name a few.
“New Wave” is one of the boats we met on our way from West End and they showed up here 2 days after we arrived. They had heard the weather reports and decided to hide here for a few days too. We were able to use our rental car and help them retrieve some batteries for their boat. They had a couple batteries go bad and were having problems with their charging system. Finding the battery store was another adventure.
We drove to Treasure Cay to check out the golf course. We decided to play even though the green fees were more than Glen Ullin, ND, but it wasn’t too bad considering we had to rent clubs and everything. The course was OK but with the lack of rain and water, the ground was pretty hard. That’s OK though, that way my ball would roll further.
We did our laundry the other day and took it to the laundromat in town since we had a rental car. There were about 30 washing machines of which about 23 were out of service. Same with the 15 dryers that they had. They had someone working full time while were there. It's really hard to understand the mentality that just ignores these problems. When we look at the prices for food, the availability of all kinds of goods and services and especially computer and telephone service, we forget how lucky we are and how good we have it in the United States. The Bahamas are still pretty third world. More people should see this reality and we all might be more grateful for the things we have.
We have to return the car today, Monday, but at least we had a chance to see a little of Great Abaco in addition to the Marsh Harbor area.
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