Moved over to our slip. The Grasshoppers got the rest of their stuff together and still had time before they had to leave, so we chatted and played some Uno- Encanto.
Found out that JJ's has some good breakfast, so when the Grasshoppers were ready to go, we walked with them and waited until they got their taxi. Of course, Lori and I both cried. We had so much fun together and with our families. It is so sad that they had to say goodbye to the Cartermaran forever. Over the past 6 years, they've joined us 3 times, for probably close to a month and a half total. Twice in the Bahamas and once in Canada.
Ben and I went to JJ's and had some fun reminders of friends back home along the way. We got a breakfast sandwich. It was basically a grilled cheese with an egg and some turkey- yum.
Checked at Ambree's (DHL), which was just upstairs from JJ's, for a micro SD card update. She said she would ask the people in Nassau to put it on a plane instead of a boat to get here sooner. The boat delivers on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays- sometimes Fridays. Fingers crossed it gets here sooner than later. Although, there are worse places we could be "stuck" waiting for this. I'm imagining that after tonight's stay at the marina we will just anchor out and enjoy the beaches and sandbars here until we hear back from this office.
Went to Top II Bottom to look for some boat parts. Wound up with that and then some. Then set off to the grocery store. They had everything on our list except for bread, bagels, buns, and Goombay Punch. They told us it all might be on the truck today so to come back this afternoon.
Brought everything back to the boat, put it all away, and cleaned the cabin. The kids watched a bunch of movies.
Around 2, we set out to check on the DHL update (she was able to tell them to put it on a plane and expedite it for us, so now it is with a 3rd party delivery service) and check on the breads/Goombay delivery. We heard from a tourist in the checkout line that another grocery store had breads. The tourist said it wasn't walkable, but the grocery clerk said it was. We looked it up and it was just a short walk around the south side of the lake loop, so we did it!
Wound up getting some coconut bread that the grocer here said is like normal bread for sandwiches and isn't super sweet, so we got 4 loaves. 🤣 We got some buns, bagels, and Goombay and were on our way. There was an ice cream shack that we walked by, so we told the kids we could come back after dinner. Ben found knock-off Crocs at a store on our way back, but we had to confirm sizes with Moose before purchasing. Got him to pick a pair, then checked on the hours of the ice cream shack we walked by earlier to ensure we would be back to get some in time.
Put away the groceries, round 2, with just enough space cleared in the freezer, made dinner, and then scurried out to get ice cream. She closes at 7 and it was 6:20.
Dominique owns the little shack and makes a few flavors of ice cream every night. Some are your typical flavors, but others were creative and different. She let us try as many as we wanted before we ordered. Ben and Roo got coconut, I got Caramel Nut (with homemade caramel!), and Bear and Moose got Cookies and Cream. We all were impressed.
There were some boat cards up on the Ice Cream Shack's window frame and Moose saw an Endeavour 44. He was excited and said, "That's our boat, but not our boat!" It was Papillon, who we know from our Endeavour group. Ben asked Dominique why she had boat cards up, she said that all kinds of people come to see her and if they have problems or need to contact anyone, she has those people's contact info who can help. How thoughful and kind! Ben gave her our boat card and sticker to add to her window frame. She grew up in Nassau and moved here when she was 19 and never went back because she liked that it is less busy and has less traffic. Dominique has been the most genuinely nicest person we have met in the Bahamas this year.
Got back right at 6:58- after ice cream- with 2 minutes to spare before the shop even closed! (Thanks to all of these little walks, I hit my step goal for the first time since we left Atlantis!)
From about lunchtime on, the bar and restaurant at the dock was a happening little place. As we headed to bed, we could hear the band through our hull, even with everything closed up. Roo was texting a friend and said that a concert was happening right outside her window and she wouldn't be able to sleep tonight. I guess she isn't wrong about that...
In the morning, Ben left to check DHL one more time before we had to leave the marina. He left at 10:58. We needed to be off at 11. No luck at DHL and he was back on the boat, engines warming up, planning our route when Ryan, the dockmaster knocked on our hull to help us push off.
We traveled only a few minutes outside of the EYC and anchored. Hung out most of the day.
Around 4 pm, Ben decided he wanted to get away from the 3-4 footers that were forecasted for the evening so we pulled in to Crab Cay. We came here a few years ago with the Grasshoppers on their last night. It has an old industrial building on the land and isn't much to enjoy visually, but is mostly protected from all angles- wind and waves. We had the anchorage all to ourselves.
Moose took out the casting net and threw it enough times to wear himself out. He came inside when the sun went down and the mosquitoes got bad. Being protected from the wind isn't always a good thing!
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