Little Harbour

We are currently in Little Harbour – a small harbor with most boats on a mooring ball. The only thing here is Pete’s Pub and Gallery. The gallery makes bronze sculptures that are beautiful but not affordable for us. I would love to have a small memento from this place, but it is going to have to be in the form of a picture. Today a large group of boats (all charter) from the American Yacht Club out of NY invaded the harbor. There are boats on top of boats. It is always a lot of entertainment to watch the charter boats try to anchor or pick up a mooring. One boat was particularly entertaining as they decided they did not need to come into the harbor via the clearly marked channel. It was only a matter of time before they ran hard aground. Luckily the tide came in and they floated off.

Yesterday we went out to Bookies Beach with Mike & Harriet (Dual Dreams) and waded in the surf picking up sea glass. We had a blast and got lots of glass! Harriet and I ended up with bathing suits full of sand after getting rolled in the water by the undertow a couple of times. This was one of the better sea glass days we’ve had. We will be back out there again today at low tide to have another go at it.

Before we came to Little Harbour we were anchored in Buckaroon Bay for several days. We were the only boat there. The water was crystal clear and there were lots of sea stars around our boat. We spent many hours walking the beaches and scavenging through the ‘stuff’ that had washed up from past storms, as well as snorkeling on the reef. Jeff found a message in a bottle (on the beach). It was dated 12/17/05 in the mid-Atlantic, aboard the QE2.

We are starting to see alot of boats that are heading back up from the Exumas (the southern Bahamas). It is sad to think that this is coming to an end, but it certainly will be before we are ready for it to. We know of many boats that have already had to head back to the states in the last couple of weeks. Many people have been able to take short leaves from work to take a 4 - 6 month trip. What's wrong with that?? Then back to work til next years trip. We have hated to see some of our new friends leave, but we look forward to meeting up with them next year.