Green Turtle Cay, Abacos

After a few days at anchor, it was time to stay in a marina.  On a somewhat overcast day on Monday, June 6, we set off at 9 a.m. for the short one hour hop to Green Turtle Cay.  There, we found a cute marina called the Leeward Yacht Club.

 It was also home to several charming cottages, gaily painted with porches decorated with gingerbread trim. 

After cleaning up the boat, we headed out on a food shopping expedition.  This neat, somewhat funky town is filled with friendly people.  To avoid a very long hot walk to the main shopping area (such as it is), we took the dinghy across Black Sound to the settlement of New Plymouth. 

Walking up and over a hill, we found 3 little grocery stores, a couple of hardware stores and two restaurants.  A thriving metropolis!

First things first – we were thirsty and hungry so we headed for the nicest restaurant in town called Harvey’s which also boasted a great air conditioner!  Lynn decided to try the local drink, a Goombay Smash, though it’s not the type of drink she usually goes for.  The choice was a “Smash” hit – refreshing with coconut rum, pineapple juice and who knows what else.  It also  packed a wallop!  After another meal of cracked conch, we stocked up on our groceries and headed back to the boat. 

By the time we returned to Zendo, it was naptime for Lynnie while the ever-industrious Jonny cleaned the outside of the boat.

We met some of our neighbors, two of whom were heading for same MTOA event at Treasure Key that we planned to attend.  A couple of the boats had a bunch of kids and took off on all day fishing trips on the days we were there though we didn’t see any of the fruits of their labor!

On Tuesday morning, Jonny ventured off for a walk to the beach while Lynn stayed lazily behind.  In the afternoon we took the dinghy back to town to go to the hardware store but unfortunately it closed promptly at 5 and they refused to stay open for one more minute. 

Upon returning to the marina, we decided to try their restaurant’s version of the Goombay Smash which was not nearly as potent as Harvey’s!  We stayed for dinner and headed back to Zendo to retire early.