We have just returned from our Thanksgiving dinner at Wild Orchids in Rock Sound. When we were last in the Bahamas two years ago we made reservations for a Thanksgiving turkey dinner at the Shipyard restaurant in Spanish Wells. By the time we arrived in the mid-afternoon they were out of turkey. This year we weren’t taking any chances and made our reservations for noon. We weren’t disappointed—we had turkey and ham, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, macaroni and cheese, and peas and rice. Thanksgiving dinner with a Bahamian flair.
Thanksgiving dinner at Wild Orchids, Rock Sound, Eleuthera.
The lighter area within the circle is water splashing on the top of the tank. It makes quite a loud noise and can go back and forth for a while. George, my former oceanography major, tells me the phenomenon is called seiche (pronounced sāsh). The definition is: a standing wave within an enclosed or partially enclosed body of water.
We have finished up our chores in Rock Sound—groceries, laundry and dump trash—and plan to leave here in the morning and head for Warderick Wells in Exuma. In addition to those chores we also had to take Covid tests. We will present the negative results if and when we are asked in Exuma. Since we had more of the eMed tests—which will expire next month—we decided to use those, although it would be quite easy to find a place to get a rapid test here in Rock Sound for a fee of $25.00. Unless the rules change again we won’t have to get another test until just before we return to the US next spring.
For the past two days we have worked on a new project trying to reduce the sloshing noise in our water tank. The tank is right under where we sleep—in the v berth—and can make quite a loud thumping noise when the water starts sloshing from side to side. There was just enough wind and wave movement in the harbor to get it going the night before last and neither one of us slept very well. We have tried a few things to baffle the movement. They seem to have helped and we have one more idea to try.
Thanksgiving dinner at Wild Orchids, Rock Sound, Eleuthera.
The lighter area within the circle is water splashing on the top of the tank. It makes quite a loud noise and can go back and forth for a while. George, my former oceanography major, tells me the phenomenon is called seiche (pronounced sāsh). The definition is: a standing wave within an enclosed or partially enclosed body of water.
Glad you got your bahamian turkey dinner. We had a nice one in Connecticut yesterday with many sides and turkey. Yum Yum
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jean. We were thankful for our Thanksgiving turkey. We are so glad you had a nice Thanksgiving in CT.
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