Hope town and the coconut!

March 20 th

We are waiting for a weather window to go south,   where we are going we are not sure.  Depending on how much time we spend waiting for the weather.  We stayed around Marsh Harbour and just chilled today.  Winds really were blowing today.  Glad we waited.  Tonight we had Ham Steak, cabbage, potatoes and corn bread. After the meal we watched a movie about sailing ……All the guys went to sleep during the movie. 

March 21, 2011

Today we went to Hope Town.  We did not sail because we were afraid of the low tides, so we took a Ferry.  We got to the Ferry Landing over an hour early. Someone read the schedules wrong….not calling any names ….Jack.  The boys did find something to do to occupy their time.  They found a coconut!  Many of you may not know this but there are stages to bursting a coconut open.  15 minutes of throwing the coconut against a rock, 15 more minutes of trying to pull the outer layer off.  Then you cut the “eyes” with a knife and drink the juice.   Then bursting the inter coconut, the one that has the eye on it that we all would recognize.  Well that kept the boys busy until the Ferry came.  Had a great meal of conch fritters, conch burgers and peas and rice. Peas and rice is the local favorite.  We took some great pictures from the Light House.  Oh by the way, I learned not to eat too much raw coconut.  After dinner we planned the trip south.  It looks like we will be leaving Wednesday morning and headed to Lynyard Cay where we will anchor for the night. The next morning we will continue on to Royal Island and on to Spanish Wells.

Living to dream

Freida and George