Indian River

NO sleep… I tried melatonin, the bed, the chairs, and the forward bunks. Too rolly with swells 2-3ft high and estimated to increase during the week.
As we were writing in the morning (and drinking coffee) a green boat with the word “Blessed” on it dropped by. The guys name was Danny and he was selling fruit. We bought the remainder of his passion fruit and asked him to come back at 9am to take us to shore as Brian needed to head back to the hospital to have the dressing changed. At 9:20 he had not yet arrived, so we called PAYS and they sent Alexis. Both arrived at the same time and got into a dispute over who would take us. Brian asked me to decide, so I went with Alexis who arrived quickly and promised to buy more fruit from Danny when we returned.
We walked to the hospital Clinic and waited our turn to get the dressing changed. The finger looked white, but better then I expected.
We left the hospital in search of Wifi… no luck, so back to PAYS to get wifi and check into immigration. On the way, Brian was in a rush, but I found a tire swing on the beach and enjoyed a moment of my childhood! At PAYS I did a video call and some work, Brian left our passports with them to check us in and got some tour info. He wanted to explore and then leave the anchorage as it was bad (violently rolling the boat). We went to Fort Shirley in Cabrits and did a beautiful hike. On our return we saw Alexis who recommended that Calvin take us on a tour to Indian River, so we went back to PAYS and set it up. While there I bought tickets for the LionFish BBQ for the Salty Dawgs that evening.
The Indian River tour, through all the mangroves was beautiful.
We had Calvin drop us back to the boat after the tour and we hoisted the anchor and moved to the south side of the bay with no issue.
We brought a lot fruit from Danny and got ready to leave, and locked boat up. Lots of other boats (Swiss and German) anchored nearby …. it was a packed bay by the time we left.
We went for a lion fish dinner with the Salty Dawgs (it got pushed to 7pm) and had to be taken into the Indian River dock as the other docks were inaccessible due to the swells. Nice meal (lots of chatting with fellow Canadians Nikki and Barry) and back to a calm anchorage for a good night sleep!Read more