Turks & Caicos - March 2-26, 2013
12 inch diameter starfish 10 feet under the water on the Caicos bank
The Turks & Caicos prides themselves on the clarity of their water and rightly so.... it's beautiful. Supposedly, throwing trash in the water is akin to murder. They take it seriously and it shows. We appreciate the water there and in the Bahamas more now that we are here in Puerto Rico with maybe a 2 foot visibility.
There are lots of shallow places in the whole chain of islands but with good light can usually be seen. That makes navigation easier! It was a delight too to have the anchor come up cleanly with just sand sliding from it.
The water hue is Dale's favorite color
Sunny Ray limped here for more repairs and now is a better boat.
My guy, Dan, working in paradise
Maybe the universe has heard the quote "I'd rather work on it in paradise," or "you know, it's a boat" one too many times! Anyway, we are changing our verbage..... today! to...uh.... "Sails like a dream boat" and "because we live on a boat, we have so much more time to read and explore!" or other positive affirmations please!
Regardless of if our powerful words affected our repair rate, we added one more to our chronicle and spent nearly 3 weeks on the island of Providenciales in the T & C. (Really, I don't think Mr. Fisit broke it on purpose just to fix it in paradise!)
The island is oppressively expensive for cruisers on a budget. Even people who live here say that they go to Florida, shop for groceries & ship it back! It's cheaper! But, had we not had to be here, we would have missed out on meeting some awesome people and getting to enjoy this beauty.
Evenson, one of our favorite guys, with Dale. His mom, Venise, has a wonderful one room restaurant with outdoor picnic tables at the dock. She kept us fed and Evenson kept us entertained. Venise also showed me how to make her yummy plantains! She has a special recipe that is extra good.
Evenson's dad, Paul, is a marine policeman stationed right at the marina. Venise & Paul had us for Evenson's 4th birthday party at the beach! What fun! Please send us pictures, Venise!
The Caicos Shipyard was a good place to do our repairs, with helpful, friendly people and to sail on Pearl! It is quite a protected little harbor with a little canal to explore by rowing.
Venise & Paul told us that Evenson doesn't like the water. Hmm, maybe he just likes being on top of the water!
We celebrated Danny's birthday on the 16th. The kids surprised him with fun things and we had celebratory coconut banana cream pie!
Dale's buddy Tiger
There seem to be hundreds of stray dogs here called potcakes. Supposedly people would let them lick their pots when done cooking so they wouldn't starve. Everyone takes care of them but they could really use homes. Dale always saved Tiger something to eat. Only once, when Dale gave Tiger a bath, did she need a breathing treatment. She's been fortunate in that department - hope that honeymoon lasts! At least she's been getting her dog fix now & then. Just glad that she doesn't want a horse on the boat!
Marty
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