After lunch, we walked through town to see a blow hole with fabulous vistas on the ocean side and then back to Lorraine's where we bought homemade coconut bread from her mother, who lives next to the restaurant where she weaves baskets and bakes bread every day for the island visitors.
The next morning, we had the BEST FRENCH TOAST EVER made with Lorraine's mom's coconut bread, while motor-sailing to an area named Oven Rock, due to the large landmark rock that looks like a pizza oven. We landed the dinghies on the nearby beach in sand made of bits of coral that looked like grains of rice and began the search for a path to an underground cave. There we swam in the cold & salty but refreshingly clear water in a black hole that looked like a moonscape once your eyes adjusted to the dark.
Back in Black Point the next day, we anchored off the infamous Rock Sound Laundromat, in order to get some laundry done. We had heard from a few different cruisers that this was the best laundromat in the Bahamas because it is relatively large, clean and well run with a little store to buy soap and other sundries as well as a colorful deck to sit on and watch the nurse sharks feed while you wait for your clothes to wash.
Well, the pink & aqua porch was about all we found to be consistent with the descriptions. Mary and I had to search all over town to find someone who knew someone, who could call someone to come over and sell us coins for the washers & dryers, half of which were out of order. When the washers were done, Mary checked one of her loads and, although the coin was taken, the machine had never started. We tried to find the guy who sold us the coins but never did and decided we'd try again the next day.
That evening, we had an excellent dinner of lobster & ribs served with Bahamian mac & cheese and plantains at Lorraine's, where she joined us at the table while we commiserated over our laundry experience and enjoyed our orange and green 'Killer' cocktails with names like Melon Ball, Liquid Marijuana, Sexy Legs and 99 Bananas.
The following day, we met Ida, who runs the laundromat but had been in Florida buying new machines the day before. She was very helpful and in fact had to let Andrew & I into the grocery store because the grocery lady was out of town! It sure is interesting the way things run down here in the Bahamas. The people are nice & friendly and business gets done when it gets done.
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