Dawn on Good Friday, April 18, 2025
This morning, we loaded into the dinghy at 0750 and headed to town. At the mouth of the channel, we watched for turtles, and we saw some. We even briefly caught one on video. Those turtles dive deep fast!
We arrived at the dinghy dock at about 0820. We loaded into the golf cart and arrived at the only restaurant that appeared to be open for breakfast, Eagle’s Landing, just as it was opening at 0830. It was in a commercial building next to the grocery store.
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.
Friday, April 4, continued — A little bit north of where we were anchored was a line of small bungalows along the shore. We were told that they were restaurants, and most were only open for dinner. One of the cruisers went to check, and was told that the restaurants opened at 1730. Just about all the families agreed to meet onshore for dinner. At 1730, we were the first in a long line of dinghies that pulled up onshore.
However, there was only one restaurant open, a sandwich shop that looked like it was open all day. The sandwich shop was overwhelmed by the number of people and simply could not serve everyone.
Those who couldn’t get food waited for more restaurants to open. The kids played and the parents talked.
Continue readingThursday, April 3 — In the morning, Eric hitched a ride with two other cruisers Taylor and Brenda, to make a bakery run. They dinghied 1/2 mile north to a road, then walked another mile to Alnor’s Bake shop. Here were some photos from the walk.
On Wednesday morning (April 2), as predicted, the wind picked up and moved to the southeast, but the anchorage was still comfortable and it was pleasant to be onboard. This was just before sunrise.
The nice thing about the cooler water was that it slowed down the growth on the bottom and waterline (compared to the warmer waters in Panama), but it still needed to be regularly done. Eric donned a full wetsuit and did water line with our battery operated waterproof scrubber tool.
