We were heading to Tahiti Beach by 7:00 this morning on our mission to enjoy the pristine sands of our own private paradise at low tide. Our timing was perfect and we walked the sandbar encountering only a few birds. Their tracks and our's were the only impressions in the sand. It was a special experience to walk all the way to the sharp end of the sandbar where it dropped off into the dark blue water.
I found an immature conch in the surf and returned him to deeper water. This was a beautiful shell and if it had been unoccupied, I would have quickly added it to my collection. We walked for about an hour and finished up by getting the "money shot" with the crescent beach, clean sand, sweeping palms, and blue sky. We were back in the dinghy and pushing away from shore when I spotted another conch. I hopped into thigh-deep water to give it a quick inspection. It was also occupied and I gently returned it to its home in the sea grass. My weakness is that I believe all these creatures are in a touch tank. I just want to take a closer look.
We spent most of the rest of the morning trying to plan our final stretch of days here in the Abacos. The weather forecast is calling for unsettled weather, but we want to see as much as we can without sitting out long delays. We made the decision to stay put today since our anchor was holding so well, but take the dinghy north to White Sound for lunch. Mother Nature had other plans as the sky darkened and rain fell hard for nearly an hour. We ended up having lunch onboard and waiting out the rain delay. When the clouds moved out, Barry bailed the water from the dinghy and we were back on track and leaving the mothership. This building has been off our port side and I have admired it since our arrival.
This house wasn't bad either. When pulled into the White Sound basin, we immediately noticed several boats still lying victim to previous storms. This area has been hit hard by several recent hurricanes. At the southern end of White Sound is Sea Spray marina, home to many large boats. Several were coming and going as we were tooling around so we decided it was best for us to get out of their way and head to the north side.
On the point, construction is underway on Sunset Resort. These new houses sit precariously close to the water ... and are very vulnerable to any substantial wave activity. We continued around the corner to the Abaco Inn where we tied up to their dock and walked in to the beachside bar. This place has the best collection of slogans and names so far: a Tan Your Toes in the Abacos tagline and The Fin and Tonic bar. We both enjoyed conducting more frozen drink research.
Across the bar, this hand-carved door caught my eye. The view from our table was of the pool and Atlantic beach. The waves were active today and two surfers made their way into the water to take advantage of the large waves. We made a bumpy and wet return to Crossroads against the waves and put the dinghy on the upper deck. We have seen everything on this stop and will move further north as weather permits. Heavy cloud cover yielded an unexpectedly bright pink sunset to close the day.
I found an immature conch in the surf and returned him to deeper water. This was a beautiful shell and if it had been unoccupied, I would have quickly added it to my collection. We walked for about an hour and finished up by getting the "money shot" with the crescent beach, clean sand, sweeping palms, and blue sky. We were back in the dinghy and pushing away from shore when I spotted another conch. I hopped into thigh-deep water to give it a quick inspection. It was also occupied and I gently returned it to its home in the sea grass. My weakness is that I believe all these creatures are in a touch tank. I just want to take a closer look.
We spent most of the rest of the morning trying to plan our final stretch of days here in the Abacos. The weather forecast is calling for unsettled weather, but we want to see as much as we can without sitting out long delays. We made the decision to stay put today since our anchor was holding so well, but take the dinghy north to White Sound for lunch. Mother Nature had other plans as the sky darkened and rain fell hard for nearly an hour. We ended up having lunch onboard and waiting out the rain delay. When the clouds moved out, Barry bailed the water from the dinghy and we were back on track and leaving the mothership. This building has been off our port side and I have admired it since our arrival.
This house wasn't bad either. When pulled into the White Sound basin, we immediately noticed several boats still lying victim to previous storms. This area has been hit hard by several recent hurricanes. At the southern end of White Sound is Sea Spray marina, home to many large boats. Several were coming and going as we were tooling around so we decided it was best for us to get out of their way and head to the north side.
On the point, construction is underway on Sunset Resort. These new houses sit precariously close to the water ... and are very vulnerable to any substantial wave activity. We continued around the corner to the Abaco Inn where we tied up to their dock and walked in to the beachside bar. This place has the best collection of slogans and names so far: a Tan Your Toes in the Abacos tagline and The Fin and Tonic bar. We both enjoyed conducting more frozen drink research.
Across the bar, this hand-carved door caught my eye. The view from our table was of the pool and Atlantic beach. The waves were active today and two surfers made their way into the water to take advantage of the large waves. We made a bumpy and wet return to Crossroads against the waves and put the dinghy on the upper deck. We have seen everything on this stop and will move further north as weather permits. Heavy cloud cover yielded an unexpectedly bright pink sunset to close the day.
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