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Hopetown Lighthouse from our mooring.
Kerosene flame lit by lighthouse keeper each night |
The first harbor we visited after successfully anchoring by Linyard Cay in the Sea of Abacos was Hopetown. Hopetown is a village of charming little homes of all different pastel shades overlooking the harbor. The entrance was challenging. We were warned not to attempt to enter until half tide or more. To enter the harbor you have to aim for a beach about a half mile away and then follow the beach to the left. Depths are about 6 feet with nearby patches of 4 feet. The harbor is one of the prettiest we have seen in the Bahamas.
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| Cemetery restoration project in Hopetown |
We took a walk up a street closed to vehicular traffic to an historic cemetery that is being restored. If it mattered to me where I was to be buried I would choose this cemetery. It has one of the best views I have ever seen.
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The perfect way to end a dead end road.
We saw this on our tandem bike ride through Hopetown. |
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This is a fun building in Hopetown -
a good place for ice cream but not for lunch |
We spent two days in Hopetown - met some really nice people - a couple aboard Katahdin - from Cape Elizabeth, Me. We also enjoyed spending time with Richard and Ward from Bagheera - a trawler that we met on our crossing to Rock Sound, Eleuthera. Ward gave us a ride to a restaurant in Spanish Wells on his rented Golf Cart.
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| A park on the Atlantic Ocean in Hopetown. |
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| Entrance to Hopetown |
In the next Blog: Mishap in Marsh Harbor
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