We had one more day to the weekend so we needed to make the most of it. We were invited to church by Grandfather so we obliged by attending the 11:00 Methodist service. The church is lovely on the inside and out and has an incredible view of the Atlantic ocean.
We sat behind a nice Southern family that was there visiting. It was a son, daughter in law, and the mothers of the son and daughter in law. We had a nice chat with them.
After church we went back to the boat and changed into our swin attire. We loaded up the dinghies with our chairs and umbrella and went over to the beach to enjoy some sand and sun. I also did a little beachcombing, was lucky to find my first sea bean. What is a sea bean? Sea-beans are seeds or fruits that are carried to the ocean from rivers and streams originating in South & Central Florida usually in the Amazon. They are also known as drift seeds. These little beans do not originate from any sea plant.
Tracey and John went snorkeling. Luckily this shark was going the opposite direction of where they were snorkeling.
Later that afternoon we joined Shelley and Dwight on 10-7 Freedom and Denise and Ryan on La Gra for sundowners on their boat. Shelley and Dwight would be leaving the Bahamas soon to make their way back to Florida and then on to the Brunswick Landing Marina in Georgia where we will be again this year. I need to start being careful telling everyone about Brunswick or I might find myself without a slip in the future. Dwight and Shelly will be there with us this year along with our friends Scott and Amie on Mon Amie all new Leopard owners who got their boat around the same time as us. Nicole and Kevin O’Donohue will also be there this year as well. They just took possession of their boat a little over a month ago. A new friend we met in Hole 2, Rebecca Thompson will also be there on their catamaran. We will be joined again by Mokakat, Delos and Discovery who have been going to Brunswick for years sometime soon as well. I think Brunswick is going to need to build more dock space!
Our friends Sarah and David from B4Checkout caught up with us in Hope Town. They invited us to Cap N Jacks for Bingo with their friends Kelly and Rob. David won one of the Bingo rounds unfortunately that is where our luck ran out as the storms would not stay away. The dinghy and our boat got a good rinse down!
While playing bingo we met another couple whom we have mutual friends. Bruce and Brenda who just recently took possession of their Leopard 45. We would spend the next couple of days with them exploring the island. We rented golf carts for one afternoon to do a little Bahamian. pub crawl. Our first stop was Da Beach Bar.
Our next stop was at Tahiti Beach. This beach is located on the southern end of the island where there is a ton of new development. You seriously would never believe you were in the Bahamas, it felt more like 30A at Destin.
There is a floating houseboat called the Thirsty Cuda that serves up drinks. A sandbar forms during low tide and there is a lot of sea life to see.
Our next stop was Firefly. Firefly is hands down the best place in the Bahamas we have eaten and their drinks are tasty also. One of the drinks on their menu is called the peter wacker, it is similar to a mudslide but made with the Firefly moonshine. The recipe is Firefly java rum, banana rum, caramel moonshine and Bailey’s. Tracey saw that they had a Firefly Chocolate Pecan Pie Moonshine so she substituted and put it in her drink and we called it the Nudo Wacker (Nudo is her last name) unfortunately I don’t think they are going to add this drink name to their menu. If you haven’t picked up on the clue, this restaurant is owned by the people who have Firefly Distillery in North Charleston, SC.
We finished up the evening with a delicious meal and a golf cart ride back to the dock.