Today was our day to reprovision in anticipation of Katie and James’ arrival tomorrow. We’d been advised that a butcher three miles north of town was the place to go for meats so we decided to walk to the butcher’s, taking a picnic lunch with us with plans to stop by the beach for a swim. We walked on the side of the Queen’s Highway that runs the length of Great Exuma, with cars driving on the left hand side as in England. En route we found (saw) pigeon peas (the local pea/bean) and bananas growing and even an old Snipe sailboat (hull 255—) the one-design sailboat that we race in Winchester. We found a great $2 rug (12 inches x 18 inches to wipe sand off our feet) at the NAPA auto parts store and a PVC pipe that Harry will use to fix a hole in our boom vang. Best of all, we treated ourselves to a little ice cream before restocking our meats at the butcher’s shop. The cashier, hearing that we walked from George Town advised us to hitchhike back. So, we stuck out our thumb and the first car to approach happened to be a taxi. It turned out our taxi driver was a Baptist minister named Pastor Brown. He drove us all the way back with our shopping and in lieu of payment, asked us for a prayer. We asked for his business card should we need a cab in the future. We were grateful for the lift and thanked Pastor Brown for the ride and parted ways returning to Juno. We arrived back at Juno rather wet after dinghying upwind across the harbor to Stocking Island in a strong breeze.
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| Pigeon peas - maybe |
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| Pausing at a beach for a break along our trek |
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