Back to Hog Cay

Yesterday was a day for staying on the boat and doing boat chores. Today we put the dinghy in the water and go ashore, take our trash to the dump, and walk into Duncantown. It is a thirty minute walk across an airstrip and up a steep hill. We saw a few goats but not nearly as many as last year. We have been told that the crew of the supply boat hunts the goats, thinning the herd. There was evidence that some of the buildings heavily damaged during Hurricane Irma in 2017 have been repaired. That was good to see. We didn’t encounter many people in town, probably because many of them are visiting family in Nassau. Our neighbor, Bernie, came over to tell us that he was moving back to Hog Cay and didn’t think the north wind we are expecting tonight would be a problem there. We decided to do the same. When we arrived here there were already five other boats in the anchorage. People started gathering on shore in the late afternoon so we joined them for drinks at the tiki hut. So far the Hog Cay anchorage is much calmer than Southside Bay was when we left. We are hoping that it remains calm enough to get to shore during the strong east winds we are due to have for the next week. 

Goats at the former police station