Friday, November 21, 2025 – The sunrise was blocked by clouds, but there was still a little bit of dramatic color.

We haven’t said much about the anchorage conditions, so we figured we should. All in all, it was comfortable and pleasant. We did get some wakes from the ferry and other boat traffic, but the wakes usually weren’t bad and they weren’t frequent. 

Today was the typical routine. We did school and chores in the morning. One of the chores was to change the sheets on Keith’s bed, which was a surprisingly difficult task that took two people. Normally, Eric and Christi did it together. While Eric’s back was feeling better, he was still unable to bend over to put on the bedding. Keith helped Christi, instead. It did not go smoothly, but it did get done.

The next item on the to-do list was to go to the grocery store. There was a big grocery store about 1.25 miles south of the closest public dock and small grocery store a few blocks west. Given that it was still a bit challenging for Eric to walk on the uneven roads, we opted for the small grocery store. We decided our best plan of action would be to have lunch at Colors, then walk to the grocery store from there.

Lunch was good. This was the view of Colors from the road and a close up of one of the exterior walls.

Our walk to the grocery store was interesting. The buildings we passed looked like they were either brand new or dilapidated. Except for one building that was under construction, there really wasn’t anything in between.

We passed a realtor office and stopped to look at the fliers in the window since we were curious about what prices were in this area.

The prices varied widely, so we really didn’t get a good grasp of what an average home price was. We noted that the building in the background of the photo with the egret that we’d taken on our first day was up for sale for $6.9 million. It was 1.25 acres, had 10 bedrooms, 9/2 baths and a dock.

There were a few of these back up generators along the road, all of them lifted up high off the ground. Given the damage on the first floors of the dilapidated homes, we figured this must have been the high water mark during Hurricane Dorian.

Here was the street view of the marina that was next to the western public dock.

Here was the street view of the hotel attached to Snappas.

We passed a Memorial Park and went in for a look.

It was immediately clear that this wasn’t a park for children to run around in. A sign said that it was dedicated to the victims of Hurricane Dorian. One of the walls had a series of plaques that read like headstones. We noted that all of the people on the wall had died well before Hurricane Dorian. We began to wonder if this was the local cemetery and maybe the headstones had washed away in the hurricane, hence the names being placed on the wall.

The grocery store was near the cemetery. We thought it was pretty big compared to some of the stores we’d visited in the Exumas and on Cat Island, but Americans would consider it more a mini-mart than a “real” grocery store.

We were pleasantly surprised by the store. They actually had a pretty good selection, including decent choices of higher end products. The prices really weren’t much more than what we’d paid in Florida. Kerrygold butter was actually cheaper than in Florida! Since we’d done a huge stock up before leaving The Chesapeake, we didn’t need much, just a few perishables. We got our groceries and walked back to Colors to retrieve the dinghy.

Here were the sunset and twilight.

This anchorage is generally calm, though we do get some wakes from the ferry and other boat traffic. But the wakes aren’t bad and its not that frequent.