Today’s destination is a short hop away: Staniel Cay is a popular place to visit in this part of the Exumas. It has an airport (Michael leaves us tomorrow morning), an excellent resort and marina (Staniel Cay Club) and a couple of reasonable (for the islands) grocery stores to do some provisioning.
Our plan was to overnight at the Marina – that way we could have a farewell dinner with Mike at the Marina’s restaurant and it would be an easy, dinghy-free effort to get him to a pick-up place for his flight early tomorrow and for us to do some re-provisioning. Surprisingly, when we attempted to make a reservation yesterday, the marina told us they didn’t have a slip and put us on the waiting list (we were #2). When we checked this morning, they told us they could accommodate us by putting us up on the gas dock “after 4pm”. Better than nothing, so we took it. Armed with that info, we motored the mile or so over to Staniel and dropped the hook just off the marina so we could do our provisioning while we were waiting.
A short dinghy ride later, we were on the Island and off to the groceries to get some fresh provisions. On the way back, we checked again with the marina, which now had an empty slip for us. So we dinghied our provisions back to the boat, had a quick lunch, hauled the anchor and managed to get My Weigh into a slip, refueled, re-watered and on shore power just before a large squall came through. It rained for an hour or so, but then the sun came out and we took advantage of the Marina’s pool (and bar!) to spend a pleasant lounging afternoon in the sun.
Dinner was a very pleasant affair at the marina's Restaurant, among the better ones in the Exumas.
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| Michael leads the way to Burke’s Grocery |
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| Everything is blooming this time of year |
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| I love the white stars in the center |
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| Dusk descending on the Marina |
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| Off to Dinner |
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| Ready for a night on the town |
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| Who says you can't do a selfie with a DSLR? |
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