Old Bight & New Bight, Cat Island

Since leaving Warderick Wells we spent two nights at New Bight and two nights at Old Bight. Yesterday we took a leisurely sail from Old Bight to Fernandez Bay where we plan to spend another night. At New Bight we dumped our trash, walked a mile to the grocery store, did laundry at the fantastic Gilly’s Laundromat, and ate some wonderful conch salad at Duke’s Conch Stand.  George’s was a traditional conch salad and mine was tropical. In addition to all of the usual ingredients mine had mango and pineapple. Yum. 

At Old Bight we walked on the gorgeous beach where we saw a few immature cushion sea stars. We ate dinner at Rollezz Villas Beach Resort. The owner, Yvonne, told us that many of the salad ingredients were home grown. I asked if it was difficult to grow a garden there. She said no, the biggest challenge was keeping the garden watered since they have to buy their water. 

Duke’s Conch Stand, New Bight. 

Sunset, New Bight. 

My hero!  When we were lifting the dinghy the other day one of the lines caught the latch for the anchor locker and flipped it right into the water. George put his bathing suit and snorkel gear on, dove in, and found it! He said he never would have been able to do that in the Chesapeake. 

The latch is back where it belongs. 

Cushion sea star…

…and another…

…and another. 

Clever support for a hammock.  A branch is wedged between the tree branch and the sand. It is painted and even has a tiny table attached. The hook is for one end of the hammock and the tree trunk has a hook for the other end. 

Rollezz Villas Beach Resort. 

My salad with home grown arugula and tomatoes.