Georgetown is interesting. The town itself has the best stocked grocery store I've seen since Nassau, (I actually got to choose between ) varieties of cheese, nice wine selection, and fresh meats all at close to US prices. We've been eating more like we do at home while here. The town seems less scrappy and beaten down than most other settlements we've stopped at.The boating contingency is very well organized. They have a radio net that makes announcements every morning, from who's newly arrived and whose leaving, to where to take your trash, what businesses are available in town, and what activities are planned for the day/week. I've been going to yoga on the beach 3 mornings a week, there is an art group, volleyball, card games, dominos, all stuff you might find at COA. Some parrothead organized a Jimmy Buffet world tour launch party with his tampa concert broadcast on XM radio. I never new so many people happen to carry parrot head hats on their boat. And for last night they were announcing full moon nude volley ball. (sorry no pictures of that one folks). So thats one side of Georgetown, people who come straight down here every year (I met a women who is on her 34th year) and make this their winter home. Surprisingly with all these social opportunities, we have not gelled into it at all. Maybe we should have gone to nude volleyball......
We are anchored in Sand dollar Bay, off a barrier Island called Stocking island. It has a beautiful long beach on the harbor side that is calm and flat, and all these groomed trails up to rocky ocean cliffs and to ocean side beaches that go on for a couple of miles up the island. We have taken to going ashore and walking the beach late afternoon each day. We may see one other person on our walk. Many times a day we spot sea turtles swimming by the boat, today a huge ray jumped out of the water within 10 ft of the boat. The water temperature is really pleasant, and a cool breeze is always blowing. It's easy to see why so many boats cluster here. The next Georgetown chapter will be the Bahamian sailing Regatta that takes over the area next week.
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