Hair today, Gone tomorrow!

Hello from Spanish Wells. When I last posted we were anchored off Rock Sound Settlement on Eleuthera Island. The two days and three nights we were there it rained a lot of the time so we didn't get to see much of the town. When we did make it into town we found a couple of fun shops and a great little waterside bar called 4 Points where we enjoyed some great cracked conch and, of course, a few brews. The owner is good friends with Tall Boy, who owns a place on Potters Cay in Nassau by the same name, where we spent a few afternoons eating seafood and roaming the markets located there. Rock Sound I think is named for its rocks. Lots of rocks and not much in the way of beaches. From Rock Sound we took the inside route where we had to go through Current Cut. Current Cut is named for,
you guessed it, its current. When we got to Current Cut the tide was coming in, so we were going against the current. I throttled up the engines to the point where we should have been making 9.5 knots. When we entered the cut our speed over ground dropped to 3.7 knots. It was not a fun ride with a six knot current and rocks on both sides. After we made it through the Cut, I went below, changed my shorts, and we headed into Spanish Wells, where I mixed myself a stiff Captain and Coke. OH, not until after we got tied to a mooring ball in the wind. (One bent boat hook and two dropped into the water) You fellow cruisers know what I'm talking about. (time for Stephanie to change her shorts)
The Settlement of Spanish Wells is a large settlement with lots going on, well, not this weekend. Saturday, I wasn't feeling well, so we stayed on the boat. Sunday nothing is open, and Monday was a holiday. We did manage to find the golf cart rental open on Sunday, so we rented a cart and toured the settlement. Monday we found a beautiful beach and played with the girls in the water all day. OH, did I mention that this is a dry settlement. No Captain Morgan in this town! Today we are going into town, rent a cart, (that's also where we can get Internet) and do some exploring. It has been windy the last few days and the seas were 7 to 10 foot on the Atlantic, and that's the only route to our next stop. The Seas are calming today and tomorrow, so we will head out in the early AM and do a little fishing on the 50 mile trip. (FISH ON, FISH ON!) I'm trying something new for this blog. I am putting it on Notepad
and will try to publish it to the blog when we are close to an Internet connection. If you are reading this, it worked.
September Song (not all days are great, but the bad ones are still good) out

Bob