Day 124: Rainy Days and Flowers

Papa Docks, Spanish Wells, St. George Cay (docked)

May 19, 2022

Provisioning is so much easier when we have a golf cart and a well-stocked market. The Food Fair in Spanish Wells is known for allowing locals to sell their products. Amongst the offerings of baked goods and pepper jelly, there were also some intiguing items likes pigeons and miracle leaves.

Spanish Wells filled with cool plants and flowers. Almost every yard has an abundance of bushes, shrubs, and flowers growing. Many homes also have containers with succulents and other plants. I have seen a lot of hanging plants,

The sky seems really big here – we can see weather coming for miles. The water is still such pretty colors, though.

Right as we were taking the golf cart back it began to drizzle. The last few weeks have been really rainy., which means that we have to keep Lailia closed up. It gets really, really warm inside when we don’t have airflow.

We have also had an ongoing war with black flies here, perhaps because there is so little wind. I like to spray them with Lysol or Windex to slow them down to make swatting them easier. John is more assertive-he used the “a-salt” gun which uses salt like buckshot to kill them.

Tomorrow we hope to make the 53 nautical mile run to Abaco, specifically Schooner Bay which is on the east coast, right above the fishtail. Since the water around Spanish Wells and Eleuthera is shallow, we have to go a bit south before we turn north. This part of the trip will be more open to the Atlantic than we have been, which gives me some anxiety. I will take some Dramamine tonight so it has time to work and so I can get some sleep. John has the way mapped out and will sleep well tonight, as always.