Travels of Geo Nova: Enjoying Georgetown With Abe and Zach

Enjoying Georgetown with Abe and Zach

The past two weeks we’ve spent hiking, snorkeling, sailing, and enjoying the area around Georgetown with Abe and Zach. Zach arrived on April 10^th to spend 2 weeks. The next day Abe flew in for a week vacation. We spent their first morning here fixing the generator. Thankfully the parts they brought us, along with Dave’s help, got things working again.

Time flew by. We took them to Sand dollar beach and found 4 sand dollars on our walk. We hiked all of the trails and beaches. David, Zach and Abe took the dingy out to the coral reef to go snorkeling. Zach saw a 2-foot nurse shark along with lots of other fish and corals.

We took them to Chat and Chills for the Sunday pig roast and 1pm talk with a local Bahamian about the history of the Bahamas. We met Dave there several afternoons at 4 for volley ball games. After the games it was in the ocean to get all of the sand off and cool down.

There was snorkeling in the hurricane anchorage where there is a cave. The fish are used to being fed so bringing food for them gets them to come out and surround you. There was also a small reef to dive on too.

We had wonderful sunsets and dinners together on the boat. What a great week that ended all to soon when Abe had to fly home on Thursday.

We have been enjoying Zach’s company. Saturday night we went into town to the community center to hear Fabian Cousteau talk about the new national park here in Georgetown. He is here to help repair a reef that was hit by a boat. The organization is reseeding with corals that they are growing special beds. They hope to have the reef repaired with in a year and back to flourishing in 3-5 years. After the talk everyone went to a special barbeque at Peace and Plenty, a restaurant and inn right on the harbor front. Thankfully the moon was bright. It made the 1 ½ mile dingy ride across the harbor back to the boat less intimidating than a pitch black night. The wind had picked up so it was a wet ride.

The past few days we anchored off of the Monument on Stocking Island. We have explored more of the beaches and trails on the northern end of the island. Saturday we walked down a beach that was a ½ mile long. When we got to the end we expected to find Gilligan and Mary Ann. There was a fire pit all sent up with benches, a grass hut with a bar under it with more benches. Gilligan and Mary Ann must have been out for a walk. Since there was no alcohol behind the bar Mr. Thurston wasn’t there either.

Sunday we went back to Chat and Chills for the lecture. There is always a different crowd on the beach. Some musicians were there and before the lecture there was great music. David and Zach went back to the cave to snorkel, had conch salad, then took another path to the beach for another great walk.

As we were finishing this blog edition over the VHF came an announcement “is there a Veterinarian out there”. I answered and asked what the problem was. A local person said his wife’s dog was hit by a car and wanted me to look at the dog. This meant another long wet dinghy ride back into town. The owner ‘s dog was a small dog-named Cinnamon. Fortunately her injuries were not life threatening. She had a fractured pelvis with no apparent complications. She should do just fine with some time.

Off to check out the boats that have arrived for the regatta.