Laundry and Showers

YAY! We finally got to do some laundry. You know its bad when even you can't stand the smell of both yourself... and.... your sheets! Hahaha Mom knew it was bad when she caught me avoiding the v-berth. Dad took a couple loads to the one of two places on the island to do laundry. Mom and I "grocery" shopped, which is basically a much smaller scale shopping than in the states. Thursday is delivery day for fresh produce. We quickly learned that celery wasn't considered in this and was delivered on Friday, thus another trip into town to retrieve that item. It is really funny how it works. You go to one store for the tomatoes, one store for the lettuce, another for the bread, and wait until Friday for celery. We get some fruit too, but they again are all imported; apples, grapes, and bananas. We did find an avocado the size of a football (almost) and are waiting in it to get ripe to enjoy it. We are thoroughly enjoying cracked conch, a fried conch delight, and grouper at the moment, eating it every chance we get.

We spent the day today walking the beaches looking for seashells. We found some wonderful sea urchin remains. That was pretty exciting for us. We also found several beautiful shells. I was amazed looking out how many different colors the water is. At first, it is almost white, reflecting the close sandy bottom, then it turns almost green, then turquoise, then a royal navy blue. It's utterly beautiful. I was also amazed at how much trash lined the beach, but I tried to avoid that thought and kept looking for awesome shells and critters. We saw several crabs running along the beach, and even 1 dead Portuguese Man O War, a very very toxic jellyfish. Even dead the Man O War can sting and put you in the hospital. The beaches here are lined in huge clumps of seaweed and grasses and hiding in those are the shells. Hiding in them are also the Man O War. We decided, upon seeing this guy, we would wear our shoes the rest of the walk. It was a beautiful walk, ended with a wonderful afternoon of more cracked conch and grouper at the local bar and grill, Pineapples.

Things are wonderful here. We wish the States would keep their cold weather. We keep getting cold front after cold front. Of course cold here is mid 60's. It's amazing how your body adjusts and suddenly believes that is cold.

Good weather and Happy sailing!