Bellatrix

15 January 2015Marsh Harbor, Abaco

We have been in Marsh Harbor for the past week. It is not our favorite place but a place where supplies and services are  available. We mentioned before we have been waiting for mail we requested 7 weeks ago. We also asked for recent mail to be sent 2 day. Well… we finally got the mail from 7 weeks ago. A local suggested we go to the Post Office at the Government Complex and be “insistent and persistent” that they check thoroughly. We walked to the Post Office and were insistent and persistent even though the attendant assured us it wasn’t there. She eventually checked in the back and came back with a box for us, it had been there for 2 weeks. We then went to the UPS office which is in the back of a local connivence store. The UPS employee had to be interrupted from giving a pedicure, her other job, and came to talk to us. She checked our tracking number and told us it would be “delivered tomorrow”. It had been in Nassau for a few days. We are relatively up to date with mail for the time being.

We have reprovisioned for the next leg south. We will be heading to Eleuthera and then to the Exumas. The Exumas are supposed to be warmer and the water even prettier.

We have been eating good, there are good meats and fresh vegetables available here and fresh lobster and tuna.

We have had cold fronts moving through every few days. Winds build, a little rain, and temps between 68 and 78. We are waiting for a break in the fronts to move south.

No new photos, sorry. In a few weeks I’ll have a GoPro and hope to add underwater photos.