Reporting in from Green Turtle Cay

We are in Green Turtle Cay and enjoying some fabulous weather! We headed out last week from the West End(We have renamed it rip off end...they overcharged for everything including custom entry)  towards the Abacos. We stayed at Great Sale Cay for a couple of days to weather out the Cold fronts and Thunderstorms that lasted for a few days. Great Sale Cay (pronounced "Key") is an uninhabited Island and at times we were the only boat which was cool. We saw an incredible rainbow and sunset after the last front pushed through. On Saturday we arrived at Spanish Cay to beautiful weather and feel this where our Bahama vacation started as we pictured it. It was exciting to see Cinnamon Girl tied to a dock when we pulled into our dock. Cinnamon Girl is a "Panda" s/v from Freeport, Maine who has been at our last few stops and Dennis and Claire are great people to visit with. We enjoyed the dock,pool, hot tub and walking the private island. We enjoyed a conch burger and grouper fingers which was so yummy. Chuck and Anita who run the island were so informative, gracious and made sure we were well taken care of. We tried fishing off the docks but.....we attracted a shark and caught a bird mid flight and then the shark circled the bird. All ended well, the bird was able to untangle itself and fly away and the shark swam away to our delight! On Monday we headed over to Green Turtle Cay. After the tide was mid we were able to get in the channel it was so shallow and we'll stay inside Black Sound on a mooring for most of the week as we explore the Island and look for turtles and sand dollars. We walked to town yesterday and explored the 18th century settlement with all of the unique cottages and shops. We went to a bronze sculpture garden and many shops are set up in little cottages. We bought some fish (still tramatized over the bird!) and some incredible coconut bread that was so fresh and wrapped in wax paper. We'll rent a golf cart tomorrow and explore the north end off the island and it's beaches.....maybe do some fishing!