Pegg was in need of a run, so right after breakfast on Wednesday morning, she and Jay took the dinghy across the harbor and they jogged/walked through Hope Town and out down the main road that heads to the southern end of Elbow Cay. I got out my sewing machine to do a few repairs and to hem the Androsia batik material Betty had bought in Man-O-War Cay into a tablecloth.
Jay and Pegg found a wonderful coffee
shop while in town this morning.
After lunch aboard we rented a golf cart so we could explore the whole island and headed south. Rentals are not allowed to drive in town as the streets are VERY narrow and there isn't room for golf carts to pass each other. We wanted to see White Sound where Sea Spray Marina is located and also to see the places where our Spring Grove friends had stayed. We found the Abaco Inn in the narrowest part of the island - maybe 400 feet wide and also the private home rental called "Cheers" all the way down by Tahiti Beach. Both looked like great places to stay. Each couple had chartered a boat for their week here and got to see several of the cays.
The windward side of Elbow Cay was pretty rough today and we were glad to be seeing it from the land side. Tahiti Beach (bottom) was an amazing expanse of white sand on both sides of the peninsula at the end of the island.
At the tip of Tahiti Beach there is this large root ball from a downed Casaurina tree with a sign offering to deliver drinks! We didn't have our radio or the time, so we don't know if it really works.
We found another interesting sign in front of the Police Station/Post Office. My google translator couldn't make hide nor hair out of the second part of the sign!
We returned to town around 3 and Pegg and I found a wonderful shop with lots of handcrafted items. She also found Androsia fabric by the yard and bought enough for a tablecloth - luckily the sewing machine was still out. I hemmed it up and then we made a big salad to bring to Andiamo for our seafood fest (feast). Pete & Kathy still had some shrimp in their freezer from our stop at B&B Seafood on the way down the ICW and John and Betty had found a wholesale seafood place that had great deals on lobsters and other seafood. As usual the evening was a great success and everyone ate too much! None of us are coming home any thinner. ~~~~_/)~~~M&D, J&P
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The language on the sign is likely a Creole dialect. Read it phonetically in French "antre (entre) avek (avec) bigiklet (bicyclette)" --> "enter with bicycle"..."Mesi (Merci) bon kou (beaucoup)" --> "Thank you very much"...just a thought.
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