South to Little Harbor

There is only one direction to go in the Bahamas when you start in the Abacos…south! We left Hope Town, the morning after a sweet date night with the Captain,

for a quick trip down to Little Harbor,

a quiet hurricane hole to wait out the windy weather…again. We have enjoyed the Abaco islands to the east of the Great Abaco Island. Our next destination is Spanish Wells, a 60 mile crossing, to the northern tip of the Elutheras.

We have loved exploring this small part of the Great Abaco Island. After entering from the north,

we tied up to a mooring buoy in this tranquil bay.

We dinghied ashore to Pete’s Pub,

a wonderful outdoor restaurant

where many people leave their mark.

Pete also has bronze statue art gallery there which he started in the 1950’s. David, our artist, had the wonderful opportunity to meet him.

We made a quick hike to the ocean side to see the rocky sea shore.

filled with lots of love…big rocks, big love.

No sand castles built here.

On Sunday, we planned to join our friends from Palm Coast at church in Marsh Harbor, a short, 24 minute taxi ride from the harbor. Short, $80…each way, taxi ride. No thanks. They joined us afterwards for food and fellowship…so sweet!

We explored the caves on Monday.

Caves that long ago were found by the founding family of Pete’s Pub in the early fifties when they sailed into this bay. They chose to live there until proper housing was built.

Rocky, but fruitful and beautiful. How do trees

and flowers grow in and out of rocks??

Swimming and paddle boarding has allowed us to see nurse sharks, lots of young sea turtles and a manatee. It is like a sanctuary to them here.

The beautiful sunrises

the quiet days

fun in,

on,

and along the coast of this crystal clear water fill our days.

Because my hubby got me a paddle board, I love to see the underwater world from above.

Here was yesterday’s finds: These little guys were not as friendly as the others.

These were.

This sea urchin, though spiny, has a heart at its center.

Sea anemones

and a nudibranch (noo dee bronk)-sea slug. Google these guys and you will find this one quite boring in color, probably due to his surroundings…kinda camouflaged.

Jon brought his surfboard to the Bahamas to catch some waves and he and his fearless dad headed out from the rocky beach for him to do some surfing.

On the boat, Jon loves creating Rube Goldbergs, a deliberately complex contraption in which a series of devices that perform simple tasks are linked together to produce a domino effect in which activating one device triggers the next device in the sequence, with his legos…challenging and sometimes frustrating to do on a boat, but not impossible for him.