Rock Sound

We have been in Rock Sound southern Eleuthera for the last few days waiting on weather. Two fronts have come and gone and it looks like we will have good weather to cross to the Exumas tomorrow. Right now our plans are to depart Rock Sound at 0900 and reach Highborne Cay about seven hours later. We have stocked up on food and fuel, stowed everything we can, now we are just waiting on the weather.

The first day here it was blowing 15 to 20 knots, the second day it was 25 to 30 knots. This is the morning of the third day:

The dock in Rock Sound, Dea Latis at anchor off to the left:

Dea Latis at anchor:

It has been really warm here (not complaining) so in the evening we put the chairs out on the bow to catch the breeze, listen to some music and watch the sunset:

We finally got the pressure cooker out to try and reduce some of our cooking time. Propane is pretty scarce. This night we had loaded baked potatoes. Potatoes in the pot, “loaded” in the pan. Put some butter and sour cream on them and wow what a meal. We were just proud we used our new pressure cooker without hurting anyone. Thanks Mom!

It was breezy but warm and sunny today. We made one last trip to the grocery store then ate lunch at Pascal’s. Very nice place right on the water in Rock Sound, the food was great and the prices were reasonable also. Nice view at lunch:

There is a bar under that pavilion and a dinghy dock just to the right of it:

Fun day:

After lunch we took a walk inland to the ocean hole, a 600 foot deep hole in the middle of the island that may be connected to the ocean:

Looks like a pond with tropical fish in it, pretty nice:

And then back to the boat to get ready to leave. There has been a pair of trumpet fish hanging out under the boat since we got here. In the evening they come out and swim around:

Well that’s it for now. We are going to take a relatively slow trip down the Exuma Cays so we will probably not have internet for at least a week. We will update when we can. We are meeting up with Tanya’s Aunt and Uncle in Georgetown. Until then, our cell phones are on…