WHERE has this week gone? After we arrived at New Plymouths anchorage, we arose the next morning to land Ruger and order coconut bread from the local grocer. Stephen and David took a dinghy tour of the Black Sound anchorage/mooring field/docks, and shortly after 1300 hours on Friday we headed in to Leeward Yacht Marina for a lovely and inexpensive stay on their face dock. Free wifi, free showers, a very nice pool and semi reasonable laundry ($6 to wash & dry). We spent the week in the many activities associated with a boat . . . some of which are routine maintenance (boat washing, stainless steel & life line wiping, cabin cleaning); hunkering down in the rainy blows that hit over the weekend; looking for sand dollars and running Ruger in the surf on one of the beaches; shopping in the village of New Plymouth; making mouthwatering French toast with coconut bread; renting a golf cart with buddies Catherine & David Allin of Solitaire1 to head to White Sound for conch fritters & Grouper sandwiches at the Green Turtle Club; more beach walking; being blissfully unaware that we were under a tsunami watch for 2 hours due to the terrible earthquake in Haiti until the geologists realized it wasn’t the type of earthquake to send waves; wishing for warmer weather and less winds but not complaining too much since our relatives and friends are not experiencing quite the weather we are. (high was 70 with light winds and sun . . . the low was rain, rain, rain, 50’s and lots of wind). So we are headed out tomorrow (Thursday) to cross the Whale and find out what Guana Cay is all about . . . specifically Fishers Bay. Lin (on Mo) has indicated that Nippers is the place to go so dinner will be there and we are totally looking forward to it! So tomorrow is an early day as we leave shortly after 0700 to take advantage of the high tide. The upside is that we should be well grounded by 1030 and dinghying to our next daily adventure. Keep you posted!
This is the actual tree with the philodendron vines climbing up its trunk~
Hard to believe this is a variegated philodendrum but it is. This one is climbing an aged tree and I made Stephen stand next to it so you could get an idea of its size and scope!
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