Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (03/16/20 - 03/18/20)
Sorry it has been a while since I have blogged. We have been going non stop since we arrived at French Leave Resort in Governors Harbor. We are now at Spanish Wells, so let me see if I can get you caught up.
First off, we did get Tony to the water taxi this morning (Sunday) and then to a land taxi that took him to the airport. His flight left on time, he landed in Atalanta, and we just got word that he is now in Cincinnati and at his car. That is a lot off of our minds as this virus thing is really putting a kink in everything.
We left Highborn Cay on Monday and headed the 61 miles over to Governors Harbor in the Eletuheras. French Leave is a beautiful resort but not much in the way of a marina. The docks were very high and tough to get on and off the boat at low tide. After getting the boats tied up and hooked to power, we walked around to check things out. Turns out that in order to use the pool and the resort's golf carts, which are needed to get to the beach, you need to pay a $50.00 per day resort fee. This surprised us we thought it was included with the high dock fees. We ended just eating dinner at the resort. Pizza was the special, but it really was not that special. After dinner we had a bourbon, cigar and watched the sunset. One nice thing about the dock was that we did have a nice covered gazebo to sit in.
View coming into Governors Harbour
On Tuesday morning we decided to walk up into town since Tony was not scheduled to arrive until the afternoon. Town had a few shops, a library, and we found a great lunch spot called Buccaneers.
Library
It was not long after we got back to the boat that Tony arrived. We got him settled on the boat and then started happy hour pretty much right away. We took the dinghy out to the beach for awhile and then motored around for a bit to check things out. After getting cleaned up, we walked back up to Buccaneers for dinner. The place really had that Bahama look and feel to it. We had Bahama Mamas to drink, the fresh grouper for dinner, plus Tony had to get dessert.
Back at the boat we did a nightcap of Bourbon and cigars. The next morning, Tony and I chartered a 1/2 day fishing trip. Richard, a island native, picked us up at the boat at 8:00 and we went about 3-4 miles out to fish a hole. I caught the 1st fish, the biggest, and the most, yet again securing my place in the fishing hall of fame. We had a blast, catching mostly Amberjack and 1 yellow tail snapper. Tony hooked a monster, but was unable to get it out of the reef before breaking the line.
Tony fishing on the bow of the 24ft boat
After we go back from fishing, but before cooking dinner, we joined Mark and Deb at the pool. They had paid the resort fee for that day, so we just kind of tagged along with them. We swam in the pool, and then we piled 5 people into a 4 person golf cart. We drove over to the beach and hung out there for a little while. Then we were driving around and found the old Club Med Resort. It was destroyed in 1999 by hurricane Floyd. It never reopened, but it was cool to look at what is still left. Felt like we were walking through a movie set.
At the pool
Old Club Med
Back at the boat, we had dinner which I already talked about above. Think we might of had a cigar again as well. Not much to do in Governors except to hang out at the resort. We decided to move to Spanish Wells on the North tip of the Eleuteras on Thursday. We confirmed that we could get a water taxi for Tony and then a regular taxi to take him to the airport on Sunday. Actually it will be closer and cheaper to do it that way.
We made the move on Thursday, and today is now Sunday. I will update the blog on our Spanish Wells activities tomorrow - hopefully. I know I am behind but I am trying to get caught up :)
That yacht you passed is Lady S, kind of a big deal.
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