March 26 - 31, 2018 Staying in Hopetown

March 26, 2018

We booked a mooring in Hopetown until the end of March and we will then decide where to go from here.

After breakfast, Steve went to do 3 loads of laundry while I vacuumed and clean the boat.  

After lunch, we decided to go to the beach but once we got there, it started pouring so we hurried back to the boat.  Good thing I did because I left a couple of the side windows opened.  We got back in time. 

Had our dinner outside the boat however we could feel the temperature drop. 

There is a cold front approaching and of course with that comes high winds.  It is an evening of watching a series while hearing the wind blow outside the boat. 

March 27, 2018

WINDY! WINDY! WINDY! The boat was on a heel at times during the night. 

The sun is out so off we go to the beach for a LONG walk.  It is too cold to get wet so we decided no sea glassing at least this morning.  It is at least a warm wind blowing and a nice walk .  We sure needed it. 



We noticed this on our bike ride

I practiced my guitar and did some painting.  After lunch, we went downtown and Steve treated me to a Nutty Buddy ice cream cone. That is all they had. We sat out of the wind on the bench overlooking the ocean.  Lot more people vacationing.  Interesting to watch others especially when they are trying to make the best of their trip even if there is a cold spell. 

So glad our boat is protected from the wind so we can sit outside while listening to music. So funny because Nicky sent a photo of Brent and Parker blowing a conch from Florida at sunset.  Great memories for us all. 

Brent and Parker blowing their conch at sunset in Florida hoping we would hear them in the Bahamas

It was a movie night tonight. 

March 28, 2018
 

After breakfast, I went to the Hopetown Marina to read a little while Steve worked on a few things around the boat.  Afterwards, we took our bikes down to Abaco Inn and walked the beach there.  I was so happy when Steve brought in a buoy which was washed in by the waves.  My plan is to bring them home and paint them.  My sister managed to get me 2 of them when they were in Treasure Cay. 



Trying to clean the buoy



Steve found this buoy washed ashore



We then bicycled to Tahiti beach.  Lot of people there today.  It was low tides so we could walk out on wet sand.  We found a few live conchs and the best was star fish.  I never realized how hard there she'll was.  Such beautiful colors.





Found live conch on Tahiti beach



 

Back of starfish



My big star

Tougher skin than I thought



 

 

Relaxed on the boat after a long bike ride back.  I painted later in the afternoon and even got to practice my guitar. It was warm enough to sit outside the boat tonight to watch a new series "River".

 

 

March 29, 2018 

Cloudy day today.  We decided to go sea glassing this morning but once we got to the beach, the waves were too big.  We walked along the beach...

We noticed Lyla and Parker's beach fort all destroyed by the waves.  The ocean doesn't take long to change the beach landscape.

 





Beach fort all torn down by waves



Lots of grass washed ashore

 

Went to the pool for the afternoon.  After swimming, Steve took a shower at the marina. 

The door was unlocked so he took advantage of it.

After dinner, went for a long dinghy ride out Abaco sea side of Elbow Cay. The water was flat so we could go fast.

Sat outside the boat and watched the series "River"

 

March 30, 2018

 

Beautiful sunny day.  We've had to run the engine the past couple of days since the solar panel weren't recharging to the fullest capacity.  It has been cloudy and the batteries are running low.  We haven't moved in a while so sometimes we need to recharge the battery by just running the engine.

This morning, I updated and organized all my on line photos.

After breakfast, Steve and I took our bikes to another beach at the north end of Elbow Cay were they have small  nice shells to pick..  There was a guy sunning himself outside of his beach cottage with opera playing full blast.  He was really getting cooked. 

When we got back to the dinghy, we went out to the Abaco Inn beach to try and find a particular pink cottage which Nicky, my daughter was trying to find when they were here.  Someone she knows owns part of it.  We found it anyways. 

 

Came back to the boat to paint/read and relaxed.  We later went back to our sea glass beach and they were coming in today.  You had to get wet though.  A couple of wave took me under by surprise. It is so much fun and addictive.  After a couple of hours, Steve pulled me away. 

Came back to shower before we went to Wine Down Sip Sip restaurant for pizza.  Didn't watch anything tonight since we were being entertained by other boater who were having fun.

What a nice day!

 

March 31, 2018

6:30am-  I decided to take the dinghy over to the beach to watch the sunrise.  As I was driving away from the GaYa, I noticed the full moon right behind her.  It is so peaceful to wake up so early.

The moon behind GaYa

Sunrise

 

 

I could hear the rooster all morning around the island.

After breakfast, Steve and I went for a nice long walk on the beach. 

We noticed how some of the trees along the beach were getting washed away.  What a shame!

Trees getting wash out

Steve enjoying his walk

 

 Later, we went fishing with the dinghy.  I drove the boat while Steve trolled.  He caught a 3 lbs. Mangrove Snapper.  Seeing that is was the only one we caught in a two hours span, we decided to release it.  As he released it, I realized I didn't take a photo of it. 

Fishing off Hope Town



Fishing off the dinghy

 

 

Back at the boat, we relaxed as the clouds were increasing.  It started drizzling around 5pm.  We took the dinghy to the beach and watched the full moon rise.  I went down to the beach for one last time since we will be leaving Hope Town tomorrow morning.

Came back to the boat to start watching Hatfield's and McCoy's series. The moon is shining bright on the boat.