Today is my beautiful granddaughter, Makayla’s, 4th
birthday! Grandma and Papa love you
Makayla!!!!
We left our anchorage early and headed back across the Sea
of Abaco, southwest, toward Snake Cay to get around Tilloo Bank. Once we cleared the banks, we headed back
toward the ocean on the inside of Lynnard Cay to finally anchor in the Bight of
Robinson. Our anchorage was just outside
the channel which leads into Little Harbour. This harbor is famous for Pete's Pub and the Johnson Art Gallery. Today is Pete's 20th-50th birthday party or something like that!
Personally, I think it’s just an excuse to lure boaters into their
establishment. They are roasting a pig
to celebrate and a DJ is spinning
music. We didn’t want to miss it and
thought it would be fun! The entrance
to this harbor has a rocky bottom. We
were assured that we would be able to motor through the narrow passage but
we knew we would be stuck inside until a
higher tide. We didn’t want the tide to dictate our departure tomorrow…..
because high tide will be in the afternoon.
We dinghied in and found the open-air bar and the party already
underway! We stopped and checked out the
art gallery. They have many nice bronze sculptures
of mermaids, dolphins,fish and other water life…..very expensive. 
We walked on to the sandy floored pub and ordered a meal and
drink. We ate outside at a huge picnic
table with the owner of the Bluff House on Green Turtle Cay. We enjoyed the music and view while waiting
for our food. It was very good and
worth the wait. I had conch again while
Chuck ate a Grouper sandwich.
When we
got tired of sitting, we decided to go in search of the lighthouse. I was excited about seeing this light up
close and personal. What a disappointment!
It turned out to be just the ruins of the lighthouse. Boo Hoo!
On our way back, the 3 guys had fun trying to crack coconuts. When they were finished playing, we had 3
coconuts for tomorrow night.
The remnants of the lighthouse!
Coming out of Little Harbour
Once back to our boats, Billy called us and Whisper to see
what we thought about pulling up anchor and moving to the leeward side of
Lynnard Cay. We were exposed to quite a
bit of surge from the cut out to the ocean which was east of our
anchorage. Rocking from port to
starboard is not a good movement, that’s for sure. So we moved in record time to a much calmer
site. There are about 15 boats already
tucked in for the night. Many of these
boats are waiting for flat water to
leave through the cut and sail to the Eleutheras. Chuck and I both commented that this is the
most boats that we’ve anchored with since we were at Vero Beach, Florida and
that was actually a mooring field! Once
our anchor was set, we dinghied a short distance behind us to a white
beach. Rita invited everyone over for a pasta and we
sat around discussing were we should go tomorrow. Decisions, decisions…….Before it gets too
late, we call Makayla and wish her a ‘happy birthday’. We can hear a lot of noise in the background
because she is having a little girls’ party!
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