| Ahhh, Lucaya! Our friends Dave and Sandy on SV Bel Canto had told us about their stop here when they first got to the Bahamas around Christmas in 2015. A hidden gem, Flamingo Bay is a small marina inside the harbor with a partnership with the resort across the street which means access to their pool, lazy river, water slide and other amenities. We had picked this spot partly because of those things but also to meet up with Dave and Sandy there and have a good jumping off point for our crossing back to the US. Our first day we slept a bit being tired from the long overnight crossing and then headed straight for the pool. Lazing around doing nothing felt great! Dave and Sandy arrived the next day and quickly got in on the “doing nothing” action. LOL. With water fights, pool volleyball, and a swim up bar, it felt more like we were in Florida or a westernized resort than it did the Bahamas. We all guessed it would be a slow way to get used to the chaos and relative luxury that lay ahead for us in the US. Jeff and Kendra on Finley had stayed a few extra days in Eleuthera but ended up deciding to meet us in Lucaya as well in preparation for making a Gulf Stream crossing together. It was fun to have our good friends back with us and introduce them to Dave and Sandy. Much fun was had by all the pool, the swim up bar/grotto, and we also had a lovely dinner prepared for us by Dave and Sandy aboard their air conditioned (!) boat. Delicious and great company. We left the resort one evening to walk to the local Fish Fry. An empty tour bus stopped and gave us a lift to the beach area, which was mostly deserted of tourists on that afternoon as no cruise ships were in port. Once we picked our spot, Reed quickly settled in with the cook/chef/grill master to learn his tricks. We all ordered and the bravest of us ordered the whole fish – it came served with teeth and all – but was very tasty once you got past that part. Another day Karrie and Ava took a dinghy to the marketplace to walk around and look at shops and have a mother/daughter lunch while the boys tried their hand at fishing in the many canals inside the harbor. Lucaya was a perfect last stop. After four days, we were ready and Mother Nature was ready with good weather/wind/waves to make the Gulf Stream crossing over to Florida. The Bahamas part of our adventure was coming to a close. Thanks for following and hope you enjoy the post! |
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AuthorsWe are Karrie, Eric, Ava, and Reed Sanderson. Our house is in Seattle but our home is wherever the four of us are...and for the next two years, our home is Night Music, a Tartan 37 Sailboat. Archives
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