Royal Harbour to Spanish Wells

Royal Harbour to Spanish Wells

A quick hop over to Spanish Wells for a little provisioning. We needed fuel, medications and a little food. We had planned on grabbing one of the city's mooring balls but once we were within eyesight of the field, we realized not only were they full but there is no way we would have been able to fit on any ball other than the one on the end without bumping into a neighboring boat. After a quick visual scan, we located a spot off the north and west end of the island, next to an anchored fishing vessel. The anchor grabbed quick and we had a nice little spot all to our selves.

It was still early so Steve and I ran into the main channel, hoping to tie up and get the lay of the land. We found a spot on the sea wall and were told we'd be fine to leave her there. After getting directions to the main "shopping" center, we headed off. It was a beautiful little island town where almost everyone gets around by golf cart. There were a few cars here and there but most of the locals and visitors used carts. The gentleman Steve spoke to did have carts to rent for $10/hour or $50/day but we usually walk everywhere and wasn't sure how long we'd be gone so we opted to walk. The walk would have been quite pleasant had it not been for the heat once we were out of the ocean breeze and my recent back injury but we made it there in about 30 minutes without issue. We were able to use the Royal Canadian Bank to get some cash and were pleased to see a physician's office right next door to the grocery store/pharmacy in case we needed to have a doctor sign off on prescription refills. Checking with the pharmacy first, we were happy to hear a doctor visit was not required and they were able to refill several of the crews prescriptions. While waiting for the refills, we took advantage of their well stocked grocery store and quickly filled up our cart with some greatly missed luxury items.....such as bacon, hamburgers, Coke, fresh local made bread, etc. We paid for our meds and checked out with our food items and then realizing we had walked there and would now have to walk back with 15 bags of groceries. Never shop on an empty stomach, especially after being off the grid for several weeks! Luckily for us, we only made it about 100 yards before a nice lady in a golf cart stopped to offer us a ride. She delivered us right back to our dinghy, which happened to be tied next to her son's very nice 75' lobster boat. We probably would have snatched up some of his catch had we not just loaded up with fresh food and already had our fill of lobster already that Steve has had little trouble catching on his own.

Back at the boat, Gram and the kids were very excited to see our bags of goodies, that included chocolate cupcakes for the evenings dessert. We feasted on bacon cheddar cheeseburgers, chips, Cokes and cupcakes while the sun set and were reminded of the things we took for granted, all to often, back in the states.

The next morning we headed back into the channel to stop in for fuel. The dockhands were so helpful at getting us tied up and offered to let us fill up our water tanks at no charge as well as offered to take our trash off our hands. While Steve and Jake helped with the fuel and water fill; Gram, Dani and I snuck into the little store and picked up some icecream cones for everyone. We had been thinking about offloading the 2 folding bikes we had onboard since we never use them and asked the very nice gentleman helping us if he knew of anyone that could use the bikes. He said his kids would love to have bikes so it seemed a perfect fit. We handed over the bikes, paid our fuel bill and headed out with full tanks and an ice cream sugar buzz. We didn't spend much time in Spanish Wells but the time we spent there, was worth it.

Next stop, Egg Island!