Treasure Cay to Spanish Cay

On Thursday we moved to Treasure Cay Marina on Treasure Cay.  It was a nice easy run with following seas which are a bit of a problem for our boat.  The marina is large with lots of condo’s surrounding it.  While nice it does not have the Bahamas feel we have been used to.  There is a three mile beach that is fantastic, National Geographic has rated it one of the ten best in the world.  We feel so fortunate to be able to see it. 

Thursday night was pizza night at the marina bar.  It was quite an event, just about everyone who was on the island attends.   The lines were longer than some we have seen at Due’s in Chicago.  Luckily we had been told to get in line early so we didn’t have to wait too long. We enjoyed dinner with Craig ,Ginny, Sid and Evelyn

Friday we took a long walk on the beach and found a few shells.  We had a late lunch at the beach front bar and then spent the rest of the afternoon on a lounge chairs under an umbrella. What a life!  After happy hour aboard Brown Eyed Girl we had done something we haven’t done for a while, watch some TV. 

Saturday after filling up the fuel tanks @ $5.80 a gallon OUCH! we headed back to Green Turtle Club.  Looking at the weather John doesn’t feel we will be able to crossover to West End until Thursday and Friday.  This is the same crossing we made when we first arrived and it entails a night at anchor.  Our previous crossing was uncomfortable and this time we are looking for smoother waters.  In addition we are also looking for the right weather window to cross back to the States.  Right now that looks to be Saturday or Sunday.

All that being said we have five days to fill so we thought we would stop back at Green Turtle Club and eat up some dockage.  They offer a special where any charges in the restaurant or bar are applied to your dockage charges until you dockage is free. After an easy passage with hardly any salt spray so the boat cleaning went quick we headed out in the dinghy to look for more some sea shells.  We explored two uninhabited islands and found quite a few different shells.  Not sure what we will do with them but we got a box from the grocery store and have them all wrapped in grocery bags.  Back at the restaurant we were all treated as old friends.  We had spent a week here before waiting for the winds to die down.  That was a nice feeling.

On Sunday we awoke to the winds we were used to here on Green Turtle.  Didn’t do much, just hung out on the boat.  John took a walk over on the Atlantic beach which due to the wind direction was quite calm..  He found some nice pieces of sea glass.  Now all we have to do is figure out how to turn them into a necklace for Mary.  We had dinner aboard because we had splurged the night before with Lobster, wine and dessert and had already eaten up our dockage the night before.

Monday we awoke to no wind in the marina and we all decided to move to Spanish Cay.  The winds picked up once we left the marina but were on our nose and all in all it was another nice ride.  Lots of sunshine and turquoise waters.  Spanish Cay is a private island with a fairly large marina, a few condos and an air strip.  We were told about a few close by beach’s to visit but they were not nearly as nice as the one on Treasure Cay. How soon we get spoiled.  There was lots of trash washed up on them.  The marina has a nice pool and hot tub overlooking the water, we came back and enjoyed the water.

From this shot the beach looks good.

We will need to get another picture once we get to New York.

We had our own gazebo for docktails.

Tuesday we awoke to lots of clouds and light rain. John changed the oil and Mary cut her hair.  Oh how I miss Tracy !   The crossing window to the States is looking like Friday instead of Saturday.  Unfortunately, to make Friday we may have more wind and waves than we wanted from here to the anchorage.  Everything has it’s plus’s and minus’s I guess.  We will keep you posted. The sun came out in the afternoon and we had a nice sunset.  

John & Mary