When we got up, we decided to stay a second day/night in
Hope Town. We put on our swim suits and
packed our bags to spend most of the day on the beach. The beach here is white sand with coral reefs
off shore. It’s awesome! The four of us are planning on snorkeling on
some of these reefs. Low tide is around
2:14 pm and the temperature is near 80
degrees….perfect As soon as we reached
shore, I told the other 3 that I was going to a
the little shop that we stopped at yesterday and I would meet them on the
beach. It turned out that they wanted to
go too. We went into the shop and then
up to the coffee shop….cute….with a nice deck and a bit of a harbor view. From here, we walked over to the path to the
beach which is beside the Cholera
Cemebary. Over the hill and down the
dune to a picture perfect beach and a turquoise –shaded ocean….my favorite
place….a shell in my pocket and sand between my toes!! Talk about our own private beach. There was only one man in the water and a
couple walking down the beach…we couldn’t believe it! 
We all wanted to go into the water, so I decided to be the
first. It was so refreshing. Then Chuck and I donned our fins and mask and
swam out to the closest reef. It wasn’t
long before Rick and Bev joined us. It
was a fairly large reef but not like the reef at Sandy Cay. It wasn’t as clear either because the waves
had the bottom churned up. We still had
a great snorkel. Rick and Bev ventured
out to a further reef. I didn’t want to
go any further. My left arm still bothers
me after I hurt it while moored in Annapolis.
I knew I couldn't rely on it if I had to swim into a strong current. Chuck didn’t go because his strap on his mask
came loose and he was fooling around with that.
Rick and Bev said the water was clearer and there were more fish! We had
a relaxing walk and sit-down on the beach.
Once we felt we had enough sun, we packed up and walked to the Hope Town
Harbour Lodge and its Reef Bar and Grill...out back near the ocean. We rinsed our sandy feet at their foot faucet
and ordered a drink at the bar. We then
took our bags to a table and thought we were going to get a fresh water dip in
the pool…wrong! It was filled with salt
water. Ha ha! Boat showers on the transom tonight! We enjoyed our swim and our heavenly
surroundings until we noticed it was going on 4:00. If we didn’t get back to the boat soon, our
outside showers will feel might cool.
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| Reef Bar |
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| Bartender Gary |
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