Cheeseburger in Paradise

Hi everyone,

As I alluded to in our preceding post, a famous cheeseburger awaited us.  Each 4th July the Green Turtle Island community runs a fund-raising event on nearby Fiddle Cay.  Cheeseburgers and drinks are free.  Merchandise is sold to raise funds for the island.  Particularly relevant following hurricane Dorian.  Once upon a time the event was known as 'Stranded Naked'.  Now it is 'Cheeseburger in Paradise'.  Any relationship with Jimmy Buffet's song is unclear.  The location certainly merits the name.

Been There Done That!

This morning we were up at dawn and ready to sortie to Fiddle Cay.  We didn't want to spend long there since it has a reputation for becoming rowdy later in the day.  Who'd have guessed that with free beer, rum & spirits?  Two rain storms came over and we filled our water tanks from them.  By 1100 the storms had cleared and we dinghied over to Fiddle Cay.  It was just over a mile and consumed about 15% of our Torqeedo 1103's battery.

MacMansions on Green Turtle Cay
(some actually very nice)

Rain storms clearing away from Zen Again

Approaching Fiddle Cay

Dinghy Ashore
(our dinghy wheels attracted a lot of attention for some reason)

Walking around the shore past scores of anchored motor boats

Around the headland past more motor boats

Approaching Cheeseburger HQ

Spectacular Location

Oh, Escuse Me Ladies!

Enqueued for Cheeseburgers

Queue lengthening behind us

Wonderful Volunteers

Yes!  Cheeseburgers in Paradise!

Silly Grins

Time for Rum

Rum & Coke in a treasured souvenir
(sadly they had no ginger for a Dark'n'Stormy)

How Good is This?

During our brief stay on the Cay we encountered a couple of American families we'd met at the Green Turtle Club bar a few days ago.  Nice to see them again.  Everyone - locals, Americans and others - were in good spirits.  The Americans were of course wishing everyone a 'Happy 4th".

So cruisers, put this waypoint in your navigation system.  Just go there.  A wonderful destination for a worthy cause.

We took the opportunity to buy our merchandise at the Green Turtle Club last week.  They had a stall selling last year's and this years goodies.  As the photos show, we both have Cheeseburger in Paradise long-sleeve, UV resistant shirts.  And a nice plastic glass (we don't have real glass aboard Zen Again)!

Here's the event's Facebook site.

Trust all's well where you are.