February 10-11, 2016

some one made this and set it afloat in Black Point

February 10-11, 2016

Big Major's Spot (Staniel Cay area) is about one mile long and has a hugh salt pond in its interior, that was once worked by the people of Staniel Cay.

The whole island is a series of steep hills and valleys.

The western shore is mostly beaches and eastern shore is mostly rock sand undercut from tidal action.

They main attraction here is the swimming pigs and they will swim out to greet incoming dinghies.  We stayed a distance away from them, with our already leaky dink, we did not need a pig trying to climb aboard. 

Cruisers leave them bread, lettuce, carrots etc.

We needed diesel but it was too far for our dinghy and 4 hp motor to go to Staniel Cay.

Snowbird tried to go the Staniel Cay Marina in the morning for diesel, but a huge cruise ship was at the fuel dock, and they would have to manoeuvre there way around pilings to get fuel.  Also the current was running so fast that they decided against it.

The next day we went to Black Point, this is the largest town in the northern and central Exumas, okay this place is smaller that Chatsworth, Ontario .. it has two grocery stores .. one store is about 8 ft by 10 ft … and the other is 20 ft by 20 ft .. there was not much on the shelves, no fresh food at all ..  all milk is the long life, and meat is all frozen in a very small freezer …  we are not complaining, but it is hard to believe that this town is the largest in northern and central Exumas.

Lorraine's Cafe has free wifi and some Bahamian food.  Her mom bakes bread every day .. coconut and cinnamon / raison .. Joe is having a real treat with the bread he loves.

We did a load of laundry mostly bedding,  I always keep the other clothes

hand washed ..$7/wash and dry.

We also got 10 gal of drinking water and we left a donation of money to the school for our garbage disposal and water.

getting ready to go out side to George Town