A Walk on Eleuthera
Shelly in Tie-Dye at Ocean Hole
Yesterday morning we took Namaste over to shore where I was intending to go for a run and Shelly to walk over to the beach on the far side. On the way we stopped at Ocean Hole, a geologic feature that has been turned into a tourist park. It’s a round “bottomless” hole that is filled with tropical fish and turtles (though we didn’t see any). No one knows how deep it is, the story is that Jaques Cousteau dove it down to 600 feet and was still not at the bottom.
I tried to go running just after that but there was a pack of aggressive dogs on the main road barking and growling at Shelly. I ran back and had to face off a couple of them. Nice. These were domestic dogs running loose. So now we won’t walk around on this island without a big stick.
Which is what we did today. It was much warmer with little breeze and soon we got caught in a respectable rainstorm. We scrambled underneath a big tree in someone’s front yard. As soon as it let up a bit we walked back toward the dock, soaked but at least not burning up in the sun.
This evening we went to the local Happy Hour and talked with many other yachters. More than twenty boats arrived here over the last day or two to wait out the upcoming windstorm that promises to last for the entire weekend. Seems to be a weekly occurrence here this time of year.
The great news for me is that I got our shortwave radio tested and it’s working great. Made contact with a station in California yesterday. Seems to be working great!
For the next two days we are boat-bound, waiting out the windstorm at anchor.
Shelly Showing Off Her New Styling
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