Ponce, Puerto Rico

This is one stop where we planned on getting a marina.  We hate marinas but we have several chores to do (shopping/laundry/fuel/water/etc) and being at a marina would be so much simpler.  Luckily, it was only $1.25/ft (about $50/day) for the slip at the Ponce Yacht and Fishing Club.  Not bad for such a nice place!

Once we were settled, we got our rolling dock cart and headed to Cash and Carry.  This is a bulk place we’d heard about where you can buy supplies by the case.  We walked forever and really wondered if we’d ever find it.  But when we did, we were not disappointed.  It had everything!  We bought about $120 worth of supplies and then hauled them back to our boat.  Thank God for our new folding dock cart.  It worked amazingly!

We unloaded the supplies onto the boat and headed right back out.  Our “new” cruising guide to Puerto Rico says you can get a taxi from the marina to Walmart for between $4-$5.  Yeah right!  When we said this, they driver just laughed at us.  He said $15!  Well, we really were accumulating quite the list of things we need so we went ahead and paid his fare.

Before Walmart, we went to Wendy’s.  YUM … double cheeseburger and fries!!!  One craving fixed!

Then we went to Home Depot and picked up a few things.  Then Radio Shack.  Then finally, Walmart.  We shopped for about 4 hours total and got some good little finds!

Back on Soulmatie, I was exhausted.  I had only slept from about 9-11 last night and had not closed my eyes since.  During the trip from Bahia Fosforesente to Ponce, Larry had rested most of the way … sleeping a little too.  I sailed us through the night.  Now, it was showing … just completely exhausted!  I went to bed early.