January 20, 2018 - January 25, 2018
Our last two days in Marsh Harbour were spent doing chores, provisioning, and watching NFL playoffs. On Sunday morning we also attended a cover dish brunch in the Jib Room. Meeting new people who share our lifestyle is one of the best rewards of cruising.
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| This is what $200 buys at Maxwell' in Marsh Harbour. They will last us about a week. |
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| I made havarti and ham rollups to share at the brunch. This was a new recipe and with the lack of temperature control in the oven I’m always nervous about the outcome. They were very tasty. |
After going into the Marsh Harbour BTC office to solve an issue with our cell phone digital service we left Marsh Harbour Marina heading for Hope Town on Elbow Cay. Being back on the beautiful water of the sea of Abaco was wonderful. Hope Town was an easy motoring trip of about one and a half hours. We snagged a mooring belonging to Lucky Strike and took the dinghy into town to get a coffee at Abacos only micro roaster. Unfortunately, it was closed, but I looked through a few shops and we stopped at Captain jacks for iced tea and a snack. It’s great to return to a spot we liked so much last year with it’s historic light house and colorful houses.
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| The lighthouse rises above the entrance to the harbour, and is the only oil burning lighthouse left in the world. |
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| Hope town is full of ice cream color houses. |
The weather was perfect on Tuesday for spending some time in the sun. We had lunch at the Reef Bar and Grill at the Hope Town Lodge and spent most of the afternoon lounging at the pool (the pool water was a little too cold for swimming) and using the WiFi. Thank goodness I’m starting to get a little of my tan back.
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| We finally got to the coffee house when it was open. |
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| Besides great coffee the shop is filled with outstanding local art work. |
Wednesday morning was hot and humid with rain clouds on the horizon. We took the dinghy into town and walked across the cay to the north beach on the ocean side to view the sailboat that had run aground there a couple of weeks before. Men were using a backhoe to tilt the boat toward the ocean in hopes that the tide would help them to move it off shore. No one was injured in this grounding, but the boat had a crack right down the middle that could not be repaired. The boat will be broken up and sunk off the farthest reef to the delight of the fish there.
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| Seeing a wrecked boat always makes me sad for the owners loss. |
The rest of the week was partially cloudy (sometimes more cloudy than not) with high winds (20-30 mph) which made it impossible to move out of Hope Town Harbour, go snorkeling, or swimming. We entertained ourselves with eating lunch out, visiting the coffee shop, and looking through the shops in town.
We will be here for the rest of the weekend at least.
My next blog will relate the next phase of our adventure wherever it may lead.
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