The 2/3 full moon was shining brightly pre-dawn on Wednesday, April 16

Sunrise

The wind would be shifting later today, so we’d need to move north to Russell Island when it did. But since it was only a 20-minute ride, we decided to stay put for as long as was comfortable.

One of the boats that we’d visited with yesterday had kids close in age to Keith. Their boy had come to one of the D & D sessions in George Town. Yesterday, they’d offered to have the kids over to swim by their boat. Eric had also offered to host a D & D session at Kosmos. So this morning, all the kids that play D & D came over and played. Afterwards, they all went over to the other boat to play on the swim toys.

Much to our surprise, two other boats with kids that they were friendly with had anchored near them, with their sterns forming a triangle. The water toys had been deployed in the triangle. They had also run a zip line between two of the boats. The other families that we were friends with had also been invited. Between the seven boats, there were a lot of kids. And they all had a blast playing together.

The festivities wrapped up In the mid-afternoon. We immediately moved Kosmos over to Russell Island. Since it was such a short stretch in protected waters, we towed the dinghy. It’s the first time we’ve towed this one. All went fine. 🙂

The houses we’d anchored near looked like they were high end.

Once Kosmos was situated, we went to town for dinner. It was about a half-mile ride west to the opening between Russell and Charles Islands, which led into the channel between Spanish Wells and those islands. Here was the mouth. Note the giant paravanes on the light blue trawler to the right.

Our original plan was to go to a restaurant called Wreckers in the marina. We chose it because it had a dinghy dock. Once in the channel, we headed west. The Spanish Wells side of the channel had a concrete sea wall that was lined with assorted boats, some with docks, some not. The buildings looked like they were mostly residential homes.

Wreckers was on a raised platform over the water. The dinghy “dock” was actually just a ladder.

We were disappointed to find out that Wrecker’s wouldn’t be serving dinner for another couple of hours. We decided to go to a restaurant called Buddha’s, which was a few blocks west. We walked down the waterfront, then turned on one of the cross streets.

View of the channel entrance from the top of the small hill.

Buddha’s was in the middle of the block — and hard to miss!

Apparently, the kitchen was in the bus. The seating was on a large, covered patio in back. The decorations were eclectic. Most noteworthy was that all over the restaurant, there were hand painted signs with funny sayings.

There were also a few manufactured signs, old license plates from all over, nautical themed baubles, and a large cage with a talking bird.

Our cruiser friends had recommended we try a drink called the Dizzy Buddha, which had eight types of alcohol in it. It was smooth and went down easy… and was very strong. Those can get someone in trouble quickly!

We took a different route back. We continued down the street to the main road that ran down the center of the island, and then turned east. We walked the few blocks to the cross street that took us back to Wrecker’s. Like most of the towns that we’d seen in the Bahamas, Spanish Wells was adorable, with cheerfully painted homes. The island was so narrow that there were cross streets where we could see the water on both sides of us as we passed. The stunning water color added to the town’s ambience.

The ride back to Kosmos was uneventful, and we had a quiet night. Sunset