Day 61: Fountain of Youth

Bimini Cove Marina, South Bimini, Bahamas (docked)

March 16, 2022

This is our last day in Bimini and we had a lot to do. John had a list of boat-related tasks like filling our water tanks and securing the dinghy and davit and checking all systems. Also setting up all the lines for the sails, I rearranged some of our storage in the v-berth and cleaned. I will try to stash any loose items that might get displaced if it gets rolly tomorrow. We also charged our flashlight and handheld VHF radio.

We learned some lessons from our crossing: we will have snacks and drinks in the cockpit tomorrow and LOTS of sunscreen.

This marina is being updated and there’s work being done both on the docks and on the condo units. Today a big boat came in with lots of dock-building supplies.

I had read that the Fountain of Youth was not in St. Augustine but actually in South Bimini. We set off down the road to see if we could find it.

Of course we were skeptical that it would actually work – although there are many youthful looking Biminites.

It wasn’t too far and there was a cute little park and signs around it. We decided we would give it a try. We both could use a little rejuvenation.

We lowered the plastic bottle on the rope and poured some of the magic fluid into our hands.

It’s amazing how well it worked! We have darker, longer hair and no more wrinkles! It melted John’s shirt and fixed his separated shoulder! I grew bangs!

Tomorrow we’ll leave very early and hope we can move fast enough to get to Bullocks Harbour on Great Harbour Cay before sunset. We don’t want to motor or sail close to shore if we can’t see how deep the water is.