My camera battery ran out, this is the only picture I got of our shopping trip. I’ll have to try again at the end of the week.
Once again, we’ve eaten through the three days of provisions we carried down that long, steamy, hot road back to the boat in back packs. Monday’s task was to find the grocery store. Ho Hum, the shopping blues. Lucky for me, Chez, my new Australian friend with a boat full of kids offered to take me on the shopping tour.
First stop was Ace Hardware. I was pleasantly surprised with things I would have taken for granted back home. The store had real air conditioning, music over the PA system, aisles of all kinds of stuff like regular hardware items, pool toys, pots and pans, cleaning products, and a Christmas aisle complete with ornaments and trees.
Just down the street from Ace is CK’s Super Value which sells in bulk. CK’s is about half the size of Smart and Final, lacks the produce section and has considerably fewer coolers. The main benefits to shopping here are, besides bulk prices, I can buy all my heavy items like Coke, Captain Eric’s favorite treat, juice, milk, flour, sugar, canned goods, and pasta, and the store will deliver my order to the restaurant next to the dinghy dock for no charge. WOWsy, wow, wow, wow. Genny and I loaded up two shopping carts and by the time we returned to the dinghy it had already been delivered.
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When I called Eric to pick us up at the dinghy dock, he was shocked to see the stack of boxes and bags. Roy asked what we had planned to do on Tuesday besides eat from the bounty Genny and I brought home.
When Brian left, he gave the kids and me his unused EC (Eastern Caribbean) currency, Thanks Brian! The exchange rate is about 2.7 EC : 1 US dollar. I just figure 1/3 of the price. On average goods are a bit more expensive, but it’s not unreasonable. I guess you could compare it to shopping at one of the more expensive grocery store chains in your town and not buying anything on sale or with a coupon.
The kids all wanted to go Christmas shopping, so Tuesday I took them all for the shopping tour. They went up and down all the aisles at Ace, then ate at the food court in the Mall, checked out those stores, picked out a few groceries, back to Ace on the way home and finished satisfied with their treasures. They bought gifts for each other and we’re able to guide their siblings down acceptable isles. On the way out we met up with our friend Chez and her teenage daughter, Jordan, so we all walked home together.