Yesterday in New Bight we did a load of laundry at the fantastic Gilly’s Laundry Depot. It had been just a week since we did laundry at Emerald Bay but I didn’t want to pass up the opportunity to do laundry at the nicest laundromat in the Bahamas. We were the only customers there and were walking back to the dinghy after just one hour. In the afternoon we went to shore again for tropical conch salad at Duke’s Conch Stand. Duke told us there would be a Junkanoo—street parade with elaborate costumes, music and dance—that evening. Part of me really wanted to attend this Bahamian cultural festival, but we were planning to get up at 2 am to leave for Rock Sound, Eleuthera so we did not go. We would have loved to have stayed longer at Cat Island but consider ourselves lucky to have made it here at all, considering the challenging wind directions this year.
The nicest laundromat in the Bahamas.
Inside Gilly’s.
Walking to and from the laundromat we passed this very low electric line, missing a pole to hold it up. You can see the pole to the left of George.
Sunrise this morning on our way to Rock Sound.
Boats already anchored in Rock Sound.
It turned out that we woke up at 12:30 am so we were on our way by 1 am. Our goal was to beat the worst of the storms that are accompanying the next cold front—arriving sometime in the late afternoon. We arrived at Rock Sound just after noon with plenty of time to get settled. There were already 23 boats anchored on the W side of the harbor with more boats arriving. Rock Sound is a large harbor with good holding and protection from many directions. We plan to stay here several days until the cold front passes.
The nicest laundromat in the Bahamas.
Inside Gilly’s.
Walking to and from the laundromat we passed this very low electric line, missing a pole to hold it up. You can see the pole to the left of George.
Sunrise this morning on our way to Rock Sound.
Boats already anchored in Rock Sound.
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