Marsh Harbour

Monday, 1/21/13 Marsh Harbour Pulled into Marsh Harbour Marina fuel dock to top off the liquids and dispose of the garbage then picked a place to drop the hook not far from Snappas. We would all meet on ‘Que Sera Sera’, Lois and Don from Sandusky, OH who have gone around the world in their boat, for happy hour.

Tuesday, 1/22/13 Marsh Harbour Laundry day. We pile laundry into the dink, motor over to the bouncy dinghy dock and tie up with the other bouncing dinghies, lug our laundry to the large Coin Wash Laudromat where ¾ of the machines have ‘out of order’ signs on them. One woman takes it upon herself to help us out, telling us to put coins in the slots of machines that will finish soon claiming them. We get quarters from the woman in the office, claim our machines, 3 in all at $2 each, and wait to load them. Then we run over to Price is Right grocery and pick up fresh produce, etc. Ken heads back to the boat to unload the groceries and I wait for the laundry to load into one large working dryer for 25c/minute. After $4, the clothes are dry and we lug them back to the dinghy, making a quick stop at Bristol for rum. The boat looks great: I’d cleaned it earlier, the laundry was done, and we got some provisions. I fixed a great spaghetti dinner with a fresh salad for supper. A good afternoon to stay on the boat with the wind kicking up and the leaden skies. And the wind blew like stink all night. Wednesday 1/23/13 Marsh Harbour Tried the oii (Out Island Internet) on the boat and was able to connect, although a somewhat iffy connection, and spent much of the day getting caught up on emails, etc. Finally, needing a break, we headed into town leaving the dink at Tupp’s dinghy dock, walking to the Chemist Shoppe to pick up some more Stugeron, a great anti-nausea pill only available here and the UK. We met Don and Lois (Que Sera Sera) as we were headed back to the boat and they have decided they need to get south and are planning on leaving tomorrow. We would meet them at Snappas for happy hour and we went to inform ‘Carolina’ and ‘Astar’. Ken and I debated whether to go with them, and would wait to hear weather in the morning.