Day 30
Weather is not in our favor, still 6 ft seas for the crossing to Eleuthera - so we will spend time again in Hope Town. Actually Hope Town is our most easterly destination. From here we head south to Eleuthera and the Exumas.
After fueling and watering up in Marsh Harbor, we headed out of the harbor and past the port and turned east.
We paralleled the outer cays that help form Marsh Harbor.
We headed toward Hope Town and were greeted again by its famous lighthouse.
This half built house in on a small island at the entrance to the harbor. Love the tall ladder required to get in the house. Quite a contrast to the newer cottages along the waterfront on the shoreline.
Again the famous lighthouse welcomes us as we settled into the crowded harbor. We arrived in Hope Town just as a boat was leaving so we could snag his mooring!
Once settled in, we took the dinghy ashore to explore more of the town.
Loved how some of the restaurants label there bathrooms. The women's restroom was called"Fifi".
First we visited the canvas shop to pay for our mooring and bought tokens so we could do a load of laundry tomorrow Yeah!! We also found a few Christmas presents!
We enjoyed to quaint cottages as we walked through town, many our rentals.
Next we walked past the cemetery and found a beach access to the Atlantic side of the island.
It was a nice wide beach, with limestone bluffs and dunes. Again, I am surprised to see the height of the sand dune bluffs which were lined with homes each having tall stairs down to the beach.
Again intrepid Bill wanted to climb the rocks and so I could get shots of the waves breaking.
More beach shots.
View of the lighthouse from the top of the dune.
On our way back to the boat we walked through a Memorial dedicated to those lost at sea.
Returning to the dinghy, we passed these beautiful bougainvillea. Such beautiful gardens surrounded some of the cottages.
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Back on the boat we set to our chores and then we relaxed!!!
Asan addendum, I finally figured out the GoPro so here are some of our first shots that were from our first visit to Hope Town.
There were lots of these starfish on the sandy flats off the beach. Our first underwater shot!!
More shots from our Tahiti Beach visit.
You can see we got wet walking up to the bar/restaurant.
this is what the swing set look like with no one on it. Was a challenge to pull ourselves up onto those swings.
Now the GoPro video at the top of the lighthouse. Oops, video too long and I don't know how to edit these. Will have to call in my tech consultant, Kyle!!
