We made it down to Lee Stocking Island today, trolling a fishing line the whole way....no fish. I am totally bummed! I am in desperate need of some fresh fish!
Anyway...we made it to beautiful Lee Stocking, where the remains of a recent NOAA research center lay. The center was once a huge success down here and offered cruisers daily tours of the facility. Unfortunately, as with most good things, the center went by the wayside due to lack of funds. Lucky for us, there are mooring balls right in the little alcove of the island and the area is protected from everywhere but the South. We picked up a ball and were excited to have protection from the West Wind this time and not be bouncing around all day.
We headed into land with Koa and took ourselves on a tour of the island. The buildings are still in decent shape and it is kind of eerie because it seems like everyone just left one day. There is still furniture in most of the houses and equipment in some of the buildings. There are even decompression chambers that they never took with them!??!
Most impressively, there is a house on the top of a hill overlooking the cut to the North, the Ocean side and the sound side - with views all around their wrap-around porch. I fell in love!! I was ready to unpack the boat and move on in.
We later found out that a German man has recently bought the whole island and so the house is not available. What a schmuck - the whole island?! Seriously?!! How can I compete with that?!
We did have a visitor in the evenings that was great to see! Just a nurse shark, but he was huge! And with the clear water is was easy to watch him wind his way through the anchorage.
While wandering around the second day, we met another couple on a catamaran moored out by us. They invited us over for happy hour later that evening and it turned out they had invited all the other boats in the anchorage (only 4) so we expanded our cruising friend base that evening. We all enjoyed a great happy hour and said our goodbyes. We headed back to the boat, hoisted the dinghy and got the boat ready to head to Georgetown tomorrow. Although we missed some key stops and are getting there sooner than we had planned, we are both happy to get to Georgetown, relax for a bit and partake in some of the cruiser activities.
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