Hope Town

Hopetown Harbor from Lighthouse

Easter Monday is a legal holiday in the Bahamas and very little is open.  I guess everyone is recouping from all the Easter celebrations!  The dock music blared to 2:30 AM, so we are told!  We both slept through it.

We had a lovely 4-course meal at Spinnaker's Restaurant with all the Punta Gorda boaters - 7 of us in all!  Next morning, Monday, we big goodbye to everyone and headed to Hope Town, a 3-1/2 hour motor sail south.  Hope Town is just lovely.  There is a large candy-stripped lighthouse built in 1865 that we climbed last night (102 steps)!  We also explored the island and today are going snorkeling off the reefs on the beach.

We plan to stay here a few days and then reverse our route back catching the places that we missed on the way here.  We hope to cross to Stuart Florida and than go through Lake Okacobee (not sure of spelling!).  In order to do so, we will have to be "tipped" that is because our mast is higher than the 49 ft bridge there.  What happens is a "tipper" comes and hangs water drums so that the boat tips and makes it under the bridge.

In the meantime, we hope to visit ManOWar Cay and Iguana Cay.

More later and link to recent pictures coming soon!