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| Mangoes Marina, Corkscrew on left |
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| Lofty Fig Villas across street where Lynn & Dawn stayed |
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| Gazebo & Pool area; Marsh Harbor |
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| Lynn, Dawn, Marena |
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| Marena loves Dawn |
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| Beautiful rainbow |
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| Lighthouse @ Hope Town |
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| One of the many parrots we saw..... |
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| Marena loved the beaches.... |
OK...................enough of Pete's! Time to move on. We released the mooring ball and had a 15 mile ride to Tahiti Beach on Elbow Cay which has a reputation for great shells. It didn't disappoint. We dinghyed in and walked the big area. The tide was out so there was a lot of exposed area with great shells. We found a live starfish, sea biscuit, and many conch shells. We also took the dinghy across the sound that night to Cracker P's and had drinks and appetizers.
We left this anchorage heading for Mangoes Marina on Marsh Harbor. It was only a 12 mile ride and beautiful as always. The water is like a swimming pool only a more beautiful color of turquoise, sometimes with more of a green hue or blue hue depending on where you are. I've taken pics but not sure how true the color will be. Marsh Harbor is where the airport is, so this where we boaters come to pick up our friends and loved ones who are visiting us. Lynn & Dawn will be here on the 3rd for a week. They are staying in a villa across the street from the marina. Our plans were to leave here when they do, but they changed. As it turned out, we are here 17 days because of the weather. We also hoped to take them out on Corkscrew, but the winds kept us from doing that. Taking the ferry, walking and taxi was our method of travel.
We went to Hope Town, what a cute little town! There is an old lighthouse there that still uses kerosene! Fascinating.............104 steps to the top too.
Today we will be in the smallest ever St Patrick's day parade..........just to say we did! LOL
Our plans are to leave here tomorrow and make our way back north through the Cays and make our crossing back to the states. Hopefully! The weather has been difficult for us slow-goers, so we will keep our fingers crossed. I'm ready to go...........
I'm not going to have pics for awhile, because they won't upload, but I will post them when I can. I'll let you know when, but wanted to at least let you know where we were. I won't have internet until we get to the states and that won't happen for at least another week and access will be spotty. We will be on the move a lot headed to New Bern, NC for the rendezvous in late April.We hired a tour guide to show us points of interest on the island.
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| Funky sign |
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| Cracker P's |
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| View of Sea of Abaco |
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| Sonny with a "Primer" rum drink |
So bye for now; talk later.................
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| View of harbor & Mangoes Marina where our boat is |
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| Cute, huh? |
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| Lynn & Dawn, this tree was 3 times the height you see |
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| Blue Hole |
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| One of several beaches our guide took us to |
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| White cheeked Pintail Duck |
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| Blue Hole sign |
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| Gathering area at beach entrance for residents of the community |
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| Check out the boat that washed up on pier |
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| Nancy's Restaurant where guide took us for lunch @ Sandy Point |
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| Dawn, Lynn, Sonny & Reggie the guide |
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| Hope Town |
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| Unusual tree |
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| Hope Town lunch |
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| Isn't this the cutest name?? |
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| Sonny, Me, Dawn, Lynn |
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| Beautiful church |
