Day 39
Woke early to get a early start on our road trip. Our first step was to walk to the Government Ferry dock and take the 10 minute ferry ride to North Eleuthera.
Here are some shots of us leaving Spanish Wells.
There we met Rev Charles Bethel who rented us a car for the day. After some brief instructions we were on our way. Bill and I had to think about driving on the left side of the road. Only had to remind Bill twice to stay to the left! Not too bad.
Our first stop was Preachers Cave. This is the cave which was used as a home by the shipwrecked settlers, The Adventurers, in their first years on Eleuthera. Was fascinating to see the fire pits and ropes they used in the massive cave.
Back in the car we traveled a short distance to a blue hole complete with platform and a 20 foot rope for climbing out after you jumped. We opted to not give it a try!! Got some beautiful pictures instead.
As you could see Bill was tempted to jump!!!
Back in the car we headed south along the Queen's Highway to Glass Window, a narrow bridge for just one car to travel that connects north to south Eleuthera. Along the way we made a wrong turn and stopped 4 women walking on the road for directions. One of the women spoke English, the rest spoke Creole. They provided us with directions to get us back on track and then asked us if we would give them a lift to the nearest town. They all squeezed in the back seat and off we went to Upper Brogue to drop them off. Then we continued on our way to Glass Window.
After stopping just north of Glass Window bridge and climbing out on the rocks we were startled to see the contrast between the deep blue and waves of the Atlantic as compared to the calm turquoise of the Bight of Eleuthera such a short distance apart. Took lots of photos!
This first photo shows the Atlantic rushing through the narrow cut below the bridge. A lot of water spills through this small cut and drains over a ledge into the Bight of Eleuthera.
The shot below is a drone shot of Glass Window on a much calmer day, provided by the McKinleys. 
This next shot is another drone shot which shows how the water moves under the bridge from the blue Atlantic to the turquoise Bight of Eleuthera.
We drove past Queens Baths which is a tidal pool which on calm days at low tide you can climb down and take a bath in the pools of water left exposed.
Here are some shots we pulled from the internet as we visited at a high tide and the Atlantic was not cooperating in being calm.
Having our fill of crashing waves and climbing all over rocks, we next turned south and crossed the one car bridge at Glass Window to drive through the smaller settlements along the Queen's Highway. We stopped at Governors Harbor which is halfway down the peninsula. This town used to be the capitol of the Bahamas and has many older buildings and churches. We will return here by boat when we leave Spanish Harbor.
This is the old Governors Building
We turned around a retraced out steps, stopping outside Hatchet Bay/Alice Town to have lunch at a beach restaurant - Delish. Enjoyed talking with the owners learning about their life in the Bahamas.
Some beautiful water colors as we enjoyed a quick lunch.
After lunch we continued north and turned off on the road that led to Three Island Ferry Landing, as,we opted to cram in one more stop on our road trip. Parking the car, we caught a ferry just as they were leaving to go to Harbor Island and Dunmore Town.
Harbor Island has many resorts and a huge marina. We landed at Dunmore town dock and headed straight across town to view their renown pink beach.
After enjoying the beach, we climbed up the stairs to explore the older part of town with its late 1700-1800 cottages left from the days of shipbuilding on Harbor Island. We also found the old Anglican church founded in 1768.
The flats show up as the tide goes out here.
Bill decided to rest a bit before we headed back. These steps were once used for loading and unloading from the boats coming into Dunmore Town.
After hitting the high points of Eleuthera and Harbor Island, we got back on the ferry to return to North Eleuthera. Then got in the rental car and drove back to the ferry dock at Jeans Bay, so we could catch the ferry back to Spanish Wells. From the Spanish Wells Government Dock, we walked back to the boat. Was quite a journey and we will sleep well tonight.
Day 40
I spent the morning with updating the blog and doing a few chores. Went to the grocery store as we will not be near a town of any size for at least a ten days. Spent the afternoon planning our next two stops in Eleuthera as we make our way to the Exumas.
Bill took the drone up and here are his shots.
They have two choices of ice cream flavors each night served with a cone or cup or with a warmed brownie or chocolate chip cookie. We opted for the French Vanilla ice cream between two chocolate chip cookies. We had no trouble eating it all up!
We walked up to the stand from the boat and we were the only people in line but as we ate our ice cream there was a steady stream, sometimes 4-5 cars deep, waiting to make their order.
