CODA : Provisioning for The Bahamas
10 January 2025
Palm Coast Marina, Palm Coast, Florida
Marc- We know from our previous trips that it is good to stock up on staples (rice, potatoes, pasta oatmeal, flour, etc...) we need a two month supply on everything that could be rather expensive or hard to find. We still plan on buying fresh food (fish, bread, etc...) in the Bahamas, Bahamians eat and have grocery stores. Our friends, Roger Wallace and Susan DeSimone, helped us prepare a provisions list based on their voyage to The Bahamas last winter. We agreed with the rule that if we don't eat it now, we probably won't start eating it in on this trip. We don't like spam now, so there is no reason to believe we would like it four weeks from now. We bought ingredients with meals involved, canned chicken, tuna, salmon, ham, pasta, potatoes, spaghetti sauce, fried rice, stir fry.
This looked like a nice place to provision.
Well, maybe not such a good idea. Captiva Island was battered by two hurricanes this past Fall: Helene and Milton, and recovery is very slow.
We had much better luck provisioning at Cosco for some of the items. We don't just live by bread alone.
We passed this astute fisherman at the beach.
I really like the watercolors here.
Marina decor is nice as well. My friend Fred Lewis with foundry experience will enjoy this collection of dolphins in bronze.
Sue: Marc couldn't wait to get to Costco. We planned to go to one near the boat on the East Coast, while we still had the rental. But here we are on the West Coast, and he was itching to go. We spent 2 days with Donna & Frank Maher in Bonita Springs, and yesterday we came to stay with our friend Roberta Parillo in Ft. Myers for 2 days. So we went to Costco last night with Roberta and bought a lot of things and filled up the back seat of the rental car. I am wondering if the M&Ms in my gorp are going to melt out in the parking lot. The Bahamas do not have big grocery stores, and their food is very expensive. Most people who live there order their food from the mainland and it comes on the mail boat. So we need to take most of our food for 2 months with us. And we need to pack out our trash.
Our good friends Donna and Frank Maher who helped us with the provisioning list.
Master provisioning list.
Roberta and Sue at Captiva.
Not all island businesses were closed.
The Bubble Room Ice Cream Parlor was open!
