Hopetown, Elbow Cay, Bahamas
08 April 2017 | Hopetown, Elbow Cay, Bahamas
Ivy, windy from NE
Hi Everyone from beautiful Hopetown, Elbow Cay,
We motored over from Man O' War last Sunday and have been enjoying the civilization that is Hopetown.
The harbor has lots of moorings that are relatively close, they also do a "net" every morning at 8:15. We get weather and community events. You can be very busy or not.
We saw another friend from Maine as we came in and Rich came over Monday evening for sundowners. Great to catch up.
Time Out of Mind is here too and we have been seeing them regularly. They had sundowners on their "cat" Wed. night and we met two other couples.
Other friends from Annapolis on Sea Sprite took the ferry over from Marsh Hbr. on Wed. and we took a long walk to a lunch place on the beach. The Mahi melt was delicious.
Most mornings find us in the local coffee shop having a muffin and a coffee and getting pretty good wifi. That's what I mean about civilization.
Mike went to the lighthouse with John and Lizzy, we found out the light is a first degree Fresnel lens that is lit by hand pumped kerosene. The light keepers wind the turning mechanism every 3 hours. It is a 5 flash every 15 secs, 120' high and can be seen out 15 miles. It looks like a candy cane, red and white.
We are staying a bit longer to wait out heavier winds this weekend and early next week before we continue south to Little Harbor and across to Eleuthera. Our goal is the Exuma Land and Sea Park.
We did see a sea turtle or two while we've been here, they are so fleeting that we never get a picture.
Have a joyous Palm Sunday and a thoughtful Holy Week. I miss my mom this week most of all.
Hugs around,
Ivy
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