Can’t Get enough of Red Shanks!

So we’re back here for a few days, heading to George Town on Tuesday to do laundry, provisioning, water fill-up and preparing the inside of the boat for Susan’s arrival on Thursday.

Meanwhile, we continue to enjoy Red Shanks – we’re discovering new things here every day! Yesterday we dinghied all the way to February Point (about 40 minutes), and discovered a lovely marina and resort where we took a long walk, and then had a great lunch at the Rusty Anchor restaurant.

Jeff drove us back while I stood at the front of the boat, holding on to the painter ropes like reins on a horse. Great fun, and it kept me dry as we bounded through the waves! Sorry, no pics – couldn’t hold the camera and the ropes at the same time.

Today we spent hours on the beautiful little beach near where our boat is anchored – picnicing, walking the length of the beach several times, and chatting with the one other couple there who were enjoying the sun in the nude. They inspired us to skinny-dip in the ocean, which today was calm and warm for the first time in a while. Then another couple appeared and told us about a good place to snorkel very near-by – we may try that tomorrow. We finished the lovely afternoon with Jeff snorkeling with a weight belt on to clean the boat bottom – a task he’s been anticipating for weeks. Today the water was calm enough to get it done – yay! Tomorrow we clean down below – but today has been a little holiday J.