We are now in what feels to me like New York City.  There are grocery stores, gas stations, internet, and a very old but beautiful library.   We are on Governor's Harbor, Eleuthera.

We arrived in Eleuthera on December 4th and haven't seen any of the above mentioned luxuries in over ten days.  Our first stop was a horseshoe shaped cove called Royal Island.  Did our usual anchor before sunset, eat dinner , dingy Bentley into shore, watch an episode of a series we like called 24, and then in bed my 7 or 8 pm.  

Moving on we went east towards Current Cut which is exactly what the name implies...current flowing through a cut.  We anchored off the settlement there and enjoyed our walk into the quaint little town

Made it through the cut at slack tide with no problems and crossed over to Gregory Town.  The winds were strong from the east, but we motored through them enjoying the rainbow as we plowed along for 5 hours.  We arrived at a small anchorage called Annie's Bight.  We are surrounded by high rocky cliffs and room enough for only us.

Gregory Town was once the pineapple growing capital of Eleuthera, but now it is a small quiet 

community that has suffered through many hurricanes.  The school which once over looked the

harbor stands deserted and falling apart.  The bell once hung on it's yellow and green walls.  All the schools in the Bahamas are the same color.  The stone church has stood throughout many storms.

Loved the clinic and post office sign.  We wondered if it was still active.  Heading out again after our walk around for a few hours, we again were faced with strong SE winds we were forced to head into Hatchet Bay, the safest Harbor in Eleuthera and the home of Alice Town.  We met our great friend Fred in this harbor on our first cruise to the Bahamas.  This year we are the only boat here and we tackled many boat chores.  The walk through town looking for a grocery store was unfruitful and after a few days, I feel claustrophobic.

This school could use some playground equipment.  There were no other play things and the basketball net needs replacing.

We left on December 11th and had much better winds and no waves, so we were able to make great time to make it to Governor's Harbor by 3:30.  We made a quick stop at Alabaster Cay and took a swim.  It was the first time I was in the water since being in the Bahamas.  Will goes into the water every time we anchor to hand set the anchor. 

So today we sit at Da Perk having coffee while we do laundry.  The road to the laundry is shared with much garbage, crumbling old homes, and chickens.   

We plan to be here until Monday, December 16th and will continue moving south. We will wait to see what the winds look like, but hope to male it to Rum Cay via Cat Island.