Of course that included stopping at many beaches doing a little beach combing.
Bob looking for Sea Glass and Sea Beans.
Every trip South on the island toward Clarence Town includes a stop at Max's Conch Bar.
Max is famous for his Conch Salad - too spicy for me, but Bob loves it.
Max's Conch Bar. They lost a side bar in the hurricane, but otherwise survived well.
Bettye and Penny in front of Max's.
Bob and Dennis at Max's Conch Bar
Max's Weather Forecaster.
The crazy display at Max's.
Max doing his magic with a knife.
Our next stop after lunch was at Deans Blue Hole. This hole is used to set world records at free diving and there are usually people there practicing. Last year we were there when they were doing the competition.
Deans Blue Hole
We stopped at the Deadman Cay Airport to see the Southern Air plan that had recently crash landed there. The elevator of the airplane stopped working and the only way to keep it up was to run it full throttle. He was going to "ditch" it in the ocean near Long Island, but was able to come in to land at full throttle. It broke the landing gear and slid off the end of the runway, but a miracle happened and everyone survived!
Southern Air plane - not much to see as it was covered with a tarp waiting to be seen by the National Transportation Agency as it is a US plane.
The next day we headed out going North from Salt Pond. We went looking to find a gift shop of a woman I had met at the Mutton Fest. Although the shop was closed, we met the woman's relative next door that is building a house. The couple building the house are US citizens that are related to the Knowles family here on Long Island. Bahamians have what is called "generational land." This is land owned by all members and descendants of the land. It cannot be sold without all members of the family and all the descendants agreeing to the sale.
Jim Knowles's grandfather had always told him he had "generational land" in Long Island and one day as a side trip to Nassau, they decided to check it out. They found that there were 2,000 acres set aside as generational land for the Knowles family and descendants. Long story short, they received approval from the family members to build a house there. Very nice!
Knowles house under construction. I liked their priorities, they built the pool before the house. They are currently living in an unattached garage until the house is built.
Our next stop was lunch at Cape Santa Maria's Beach House Restaurant.
Bettye and Penny in front of the Cape Santa Restaurant Office and restaurant building. Doesn't Bettye look great - she matches the flowers.
Bar at The Beach House that had just had a fresh coat of paint.
We went all the way to the end of the road North and walked out to small partially enclosed beach. Unfortunately, we didn't find any treasures.
Dennis doing the thing he hates most - beach combing.
Next stop was for an afternoon beer on the ocean side at Moonshine, owned by the Stella Maris Resort.
Bob at Moonshine - the wind was a lot stronger on this side of the island. Notice the pony tail.
The water on this side at this time of year is rarely calm, but the rocks help to keep the waves down. View from the deck of Moonshine Bar
Stella Maris has this neat man-made Tidal Pool. We expected to see it more turbulent given the wave action and were surprised to see it was this calm. It was still too dangerous to enter however.
That ended our two days exploring and beach combing. Other than that, we have been hosting Texas Hold'em games on the boat. In attendance have been, Miss Bettye, Breathless, Interlude, Moxie, and a few others. Bob actually won two games in a row - I have won any in Long Island.
Hoping to jump down to the Jumentos for the week and return for the Easter Monday Sailing Regatta of the Bahamian sailing slopes, weather is still not settled.
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