Sailing Ohana

I was so happy to drop anchor in a protected, quiet cove in Crab Cay (just moments from Georgetown) where the boys jumped off the boat, went spearfishing with Tommy and Susie, and we had a delicious dinner on our boat with our SV Grace friends. It felt almost decadent to have fresh vegetables on pasta with green salad. Most of the restaurant food in the Bahamas is fried and expensive. I’ve been joking that the food here is “tan”. We had a couple meals out while in Georgetown and both times the food on our plates was entirely tan-colored.

Our short stay in this sweet spot was fun and full. In the morning our SV Grace friends delivered homemade waffles and whipped cream to our boat for breakfast, which was a very welcomed treat. They also lent us their hair clippers so I buzzed Tommy’s hair with the clippers. The boys asked for hair cuts as well, but not with the clippers – that would be too short for them. So I cut their hair (against my better judgment). I have no idea how to cut hair with scissors, and of course neither of the boys are happy with their hair. I’m sure that all photos of Jackson henceforth with be with his hat on.

We hiked to the Sir William Walker ruins which consist of the remains of a stone house and gardens built in the 1700’s by the loyalist Sir William Walker. Our walk concluded at a flushing canal which was created for an $800M resort that was being built, but was abandoned in 2009. It’s a really fun spot where we were able to hike up to the cliffs and jump off.

After cliff-jumping, Susie and I took one more quick trip back to Georgetown for a drink and a trip to Exuma Market. We got ice cream and had to hurry back to the boats before our ice cream was totally melted! The boys spent the afternoon jumping off the boat and swimming in the cove where we were anchored.