The day the provision barge comes in is market day scheduled for 1:00 at Joe’s Conch Shack. We grab our bikes and head back to North Bimini again. Heading directly to the market as we want to be sure to see what is available early in the day. The barge hasn’t been unloaded yet. Oh well, island time.
Making the most of the trip we again head into the hardware store. Scott is thinking of picking up another water filter and wants to check out the price. Turns out it is double the cost so he says he wants to consider if this is a must or can it wait to get back to America.
Making the most of the day we bike to the Dolphin Museum. The Dolphin Museum is a labour of love by a local artist. He has been collecting ocean treasures for over 30 years and making art out of the sea glas, shells or whatever he can find. We didn’t go in but I think we may pay a visit before we leave Bimini.
We decide to head up King’s Hwy again to the local beach called Radio Beach. It is a soft, sand beach with local drink shacks, restaurants and bars, all island style. Not the upscale style but it is perfect. The beaches on this island are so stunning that one cannot be better than the other. It is a super hot day today in the 90’s or high 30’s C. We stop under the shade of the trees and take in the beauty. Then a golf cart scoots by and it is One Eye Dog and Queen of Virginia. They stop and we chat awhile. They too are looking for the market. We make a date for dinner at a later time this week.
One more pass to check if the market is open, and it is not, so back to the ferry we head. We are all overheated by this point so a pool swim and a cool bevy are in order. Apparently the market was ready at 5:00. Island time……
Taking a walk on the beach at the marina both Patti and I decide to take along garbage bags to pick up the various plastics and trash along the shore. It is actually pretty tidy likely due to the amount of waves we have been having that keeps washing the shoreline. We do find a lot of plastic caps. We have decided that the street to the ferry could use a clean up so that will be our focus on other days.
