We sailed right through Nassau Harbor, continuing east to anchor at Rose Island, where our friends Cathy and Doug greeted us with the fanfare of toots on the conch horn.
We stayed warm in the cockpit enclosure of their pristine boat, enjoying sundowners and making plans for excursions the next day.
From previous visits we knew which abandoned dock to tie up to for a walk across the island to the north side's long beach. There are several houses, but we don't usually meet anyone. To our surprise we found two young campers from Montreal.
Escaping the usual tourist trap of Nassau, they had arranged for a fisherman to deliver them to this isolated beach where they camped for a week. They were tired of their campfire cooking and glad to have pancakes and hot chocolate on our boat. Next on the agenda was bocce on the beach. We had only played a few times on grass and the choices of wet sand, dry sand, smooth sand, rough sand, uphill, downhill, added a few challenges.
Boat dogs always add to the fun, Doug and Cathy's being one of the cuter ones, and just the right size.
After a few days of beach time, we headed back to Nassau for city life and provisioning, while Doug and Cathy headed to the Abacos
After a few days of beach time, we headed back to Nassau for city life and provisioning, while Doug and Cathy headed to the Abacos
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