Thanksgiving — Thursday, November 27, 2025. Dawn.

When we’d wandered around town during our last stint in Marsh Harbour, we got the sense that the Bahamians didn’t celebrate Thanksgiving. We never saw Thanksgiving or even autumn-ish decorations. The one and only sign that we’d seen with the word “Thanksgiving” was at a hotel, saying they would be serving a traditional Thanksgiving meal in the restaurant today.

As we did our morning chores and school work, a conga line of boats came into the anchorage. Inclement weather was coming, and the winds were forecast to shift several times. This was one of the few anchorages in the area that had good protection from the several directions that the wind was forecast come from. As we’d already mentioned, some were fast boats, probably just here for the holiday weekend. Some of them were slower cruising boats, many just arriving for the beginning of the season. And some were already in the general area, coming here for the storm. The wind had already begun to shift, and the anchorage was mildly uncomfortable from the combination of wind waves and wakes from all the boat traffic.

Christi didn’t feel like cooking, so we went out for lunch. Now that Eric was feeling better, we wanted to scope out the big grocery store, so we decided to find a restaurant near that store and then we’d go grocery shopping after lunch. Fynn from Tiki Tour joined us. We took the dinghy to the closest public dock and followed a nearby road south for about a mile.

The buildings we passed were mostly industrial.

Saturday, November 22, 2025 — This morning, the sunrise was blocked by the clouds. But the sky still turned pretty colors.

Yesterday, we’d walked by a cafe that looked promising. This morning, we took the dinghy over to the dock by Snappas and walked over to the cafe for breakfast. 

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 almost a mile 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.