Exploring Long Island - North Half

My daughter Mindy and her husband Jim arrived last Saturday. We are anchored in Thompson Bay off of a "boater friendly" new resort, Long Island Breeze Resort. We can get showers and laundry done here and access the island via their dinghy dock. They even have a swimming pool we can use!

Mindy and Jim flew into Nassau and took Bahamas Air to Long Island. It was a 20 passenger plane. They came by cab from the airport to the Long Island Breeze Resort where we were waiting. Saturday night, the resort had a dance that we came in for. The place was jumping till after 1:30 when I finally fell asleep on the boat. We could hear the band very well from the boat.

Sunday, just about everything is closed in the Bahamas, so we just hung out and cruised around by dinghy a little. We took the dinghy over to a cave by the shore and explored it. Got some nice photos.


Sign leading to the cave


Hole in top of cave near entrance with a precarious rock


Another view of the hole in the ceiling of the cave with trees growing through it


View of the inside of the cave


Inside cave

Monday and Tuesday we rented a car and toured the North half of Long Island on Monday and the South half on Tuesday. A very pleasant two days. I have a ton of great photos to post. I will post the North pics today and the South is I get back to the Internet later this week. We will be moving the boat tomorrow morning to a location where we won't have Internet for a few days. We will return back to our current position in time for Jim and Mindy to leave next Sunday.


Boats in the Stella Maris Marina


Solo Sailor leaving the Stella Maris Marina on catamaran


Stella Maris Resort Ocean Walk


Tidal Pool at Stella Maris


Stella Maris Beach


Bob, Jim and Mindy beachcombing the Stella Maris beach


Cape Santa Maria - a luxury resort

We stopped at the ruins of an old plantation called the Adderly Plantation and walked the mile to get there.


Mindy in front of the building we think was the kitchen of the plantation


Gigantic termite nest


Mindy by the ruins


Me by the ruins

WE stopped for dinner at the Blue Chip. This place was highly recommended by boaters who told us to "come hungry." There were goats and chickens running around outside. Mario made us a family style dinner of cracked conch, Bahamian chicken, grouper fingers, peas and rice, coleslaw, and plantains. What a meal! I was just glad that goat wasn't on the menu


Blue Chip Goat


Chicken at the Blue Chip


Rooster - wish I had the sound to go with this one.

When we finally got back to the boat, we made it for this nice sunset.


It was a perfect day