Wednesday Mar 20, 2023 - Nassau to Cat Island

Slept like babies as we should have since we got up at 1am yesterday. There is a large group of high school kids staying here which is pretty cute and they were pretty quiet last night. There’s a pool here and they were in it yesterday.

We got breakfast in the hotel which was a buffet, scrambled eggs, sausage, pancakes & French toast, etc.

Our flight is scheduled for 1pm so we called for a taxi at 10:45. We heard that the Western Air flights leave early. The taxi got us there around 11am ($26) and the airport here was way more modern than we remembered. We’ve been here before but only remembered walking across the tarmac to get to and from the plane. We’re on a regional flight which may have not gone upstairs where the modern airport is. We met a woman named Patie who is the chef at Da Pink Chicken Beach Bar on Cat Island and she was on the same flight (only one flight daily) so we followed her. The plane was pretty modern, about 50-60 seats, so not as rustic as we are used to here for puddle jumpers. Sure enough they lifted off the runway at 12:45 and we landed on Cat Island about 30 minutes later. The plane was full and we waited in the parking lot for them to pull the wagon with the bags up to us. Margaret and Beverly were waiting  to take us to the Rollezz Resort where we’ll stay until Sunday. First stop was the grocery store but we didn’t feel organized to buy anything but some snacks.

The resort is on a beautiful beach peninsula and we have a very large modern cabin with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a kitchen / dining room. Good cell service (T-Mobile) so I texted Hannah and they brought the dinghy over to meet us. Their boat is anchored right off the beach. We caught up with those guys and decided to go over to the boat for supper. We got the nickel tour through the boat and it a beauty. The people they bought it from, Bonnie & Earl, custom built it 20 years ago. Structurally Earl made sure everything was built heavier than required, the engine is bigger than required, and everything was built for the long run. Aesthetically, the interior has lovely wood everywhere and the cabins are woven together to offer privacy and yet the movable walls allow a large common space. Hannah & Eric have a nice stateroom in the back with their own bathroom. Wow!

Eric prepared a nice sunset meal of grouper, wild rice, summer squash and tomatoes. The tasteful lighting on deck made for a beautiful evening.

Hannah gave us a moonlight dingy ride back to shore where we collapsed into bed.