April 1, 2017 - April 6, 2017
Our final day in Little Harbour was spent enjoying the pig roast at Pete’s Pub, snorkeling, and taking some final photographs of the area. Bob even got a good shot of the sea turtle that we have been observing in the harbour.
We left for Marsh Harbour to re-provision on April 2nd at about 12 noon as we had to leave at high tide in order to make it through the channel. All went well on our trip and I even donned my snorkel and mask and trailed behind the boat by holding on to the swim ladder. I didn’t see much but the grass on the bottom, but it was fun.
Re-provisioning is not as easy as jumping in a car and visiting the various stores we need items from. To get groceries we take the dinghy to the dock, walk about 1/2 a mile, buy the items we need keeping in mind that we have to carry them the 1/2 mile back to the dinghy, take them back to the boat, unload them from the dinghy, and then stow them on board. It is quite an undertaking and it took us three trips (one each day) to obtain all of the items we needed. Getting laundry done is equally exhausting. So our 2 1/2 days at Marsh Harbour were not fun and games, but chores. We also did the engine and water systems maintenance while we were there.
We left Marsh Harbour at 1 pm on April 5th calculating that we would get to Hope Town at mid tide to give us plenty of depth to navigate the channel without going aground. We arrived about 3 pm and were able to get a mooring buoy. This may sound like an easy accomplishment, but Hope Town mooring buoys are hot items with very few available as people tend to come to Hope Town and stay for a long time sometimes for the whole winter season. So we felt very fortunate to get one.
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| Hope Town is a lovely community on Elbow Cay. It reminds me a bit of Bermuda, but much more casual, small, and friendly. |
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| Like most communities in the Abacos, Bahamas, this area was settled by American colonist who were loyal to the British Crown curing the revolution. |
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| The cottages and houses lining the harbour, streets, and beach are lovely. |
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| This beautiful Methodist church overlooks the ocean. |
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| Hope Town's light house rises above the harbour. |
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| The beach is gorgeous and I'm looking forward to sunning and swimming there. |
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| One of the local inns and restaurants has this pool. It is open to anyone who patronizes the restaurant. I'm sure I'll spend an afternoon there. |
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