Before we could leave today, Larry needed to
go clear out with customs. There are
only two bridge openings for exiting traffic (one at 9am and one at 11am). Since we would not be able to clear out AND
make the bridge by 9am, we opted for the 11am opening. Larry cleared out (cost $7.00) and we moved
over closer to the bridge about 10:30.
We did donuts until the opening at 11.
One other boat exited with us.
The trip down to Philipsburg is only about a
3-3.5 mile trip. We were in no
rush. We raised the mainsail just to
make sure it was installed properly. Larry
tweeked the lines, etc a little until he felt it was perfect. The repair looks very good.
We were anchored in Philipsburg bay about
12:30 pm and ready to go ashore.
Philipsburg was nice. They have
a long brick path running the entire length of the beautiful beach. Restaurants/bars and a few shops lined the
beach but only one block inland, are all the retail stores that the cruise ship
passengers seek out (jewelry, clothing, souvenirs, alcohol).
We found a little place on the beach that
serves $1 Presidentes. We’d brought a
bunch of change from our coin jar and had several beers. This was a neat idea that Larry had … paying
in change. We don’t count our change in
our budget so to us, the beers were free … nothing came out of our budgeted
funds! It made them even more
enjoyable!
Back on the boat, we turned in early. We are going to head down to St. Kitts in
the early am and wanted to get some rest.
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