Life is easy when you have a Green Turtle

We had a nice run up to Treasure Cay yesterday. We were in by 11:30am. As usual the wind was stronger than forecast and of course -- wrong direction than forecast -- on the nose as usual. Not too crowded but had to pick a spot between some boats. It was a good one because we had good internet from the Marina.

After a quick lunch of leftovers we went to the beach for one last swim on that amazing beach. It is just so beautiful. Picked up a few things at the grocery and fixed Bratwurst for dinner.

A very nice evening even with more boats coming in. There is a mass exodus a foot right now with folks scrambling to get back to the USA. The radio is just full of crossing chatter. Not sure why the rush because the window this Friday/Saturday is not great.

The area is looking like little Canada with so many Canadian flags flying. I would say there are about 2 Canadian boats for one American right now in the anchorages. Most have come up from the Exumas and are heading back to the states.

We were off early this morning for Green Turtle Cay and a trip around the infamous Whale Cay Passage. Naturally more wind than forecast and wrong direction. The passage around the whale was fine with little rocking and rolling. Apparently White Sound in Green Turtle cleared out from yesterday with many boats leaving today to stage for a Saturday crossing. We had the pick of the anchorage almost and found a nice spot with good internet coverage from the Green Turtle Club Marina. No worries -- we plan to go into the marina Saturday for 3 days and they will be well compensated.

I did some work this afternoon changing the main engine oil and the water/fuel separator on the dinghy. I had to change a fuel fitting on the dinghy fuel hose too. Naturally the oil change was messy and compounded by a bottle of CLR that I found and had leaked most of it contents -- what a mess to cleanup.

I took the dinghy out for a test run of the new filter and went to a little beach at the front of White Sound and saw a huge manta ray swimming gently in very shallow water -- real cool.

Well we are throwing financial caution to the wind to night and going for dinner at the Green Turtle Club -- Steak Nite -- and stay awhile to watch the local band the "Gully Roosters" perform.

I just LIKE Green Turtle Cay. So relaxed and friendly.