Our Travels

After a totally relaxing evening enjoying the sunset with Andrey and Natalia aboard Bella Vita, the only other boat in the area, followed by a good night sleep, it was time to explore some more. We’re always on the hunt for fresh produce, so let’s check out the Orange Creek Inn, Food Store, and Laundromat! Access is during high tide to get past a really large, shifting sandbar in front of the town, so we’d need to move quickly once out of the dinghy in order to get back across said sand bar, while there was enough water to return to the boat. One of those, grab-the-groceries-and-dash sort of situations. It just so happens, the wonderful establishment is owned and operated by Margaret Cleare, with her daughter Shari helping. Wow, it was very neat and organized and very well stocked. We quickly scored some onions, oranges, apples and eggs. And then, we got to chatting. (Imagine that.) I do believe Todd and Shari are two peas in a pod, philosophically speaking. And Miss Margaret, with a great combo of steel and twinkle in her eyes, can tell you all about Cat Island. Alas, we had to dash. Sandbar and all that…
Such fine ladies. We’re sorry we didn’t think to get a group photo. Shari, we’ll be back – looking forward to meeting your new beau! 😉

Time to get back to the boat, stow the goodies, and head south down the island to an area with high terrain to get some wind protection behind Curry Murry Bluff.