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Continue reading...Goodbye West End, It Was Fun!
on March 31st, 2009 in Bahamas, GREAT LOOP ADVENTURE by Lisa Favors | Comments OffBack to the West End today. Seems like we just got here. Six-and-a-half weeks sure flies when you are having fun. We finally met up with Andy and Mary on Good News and Brad and Patti Salvage on Salvage Crew. They have been waiting a week at the West End…
Continue reading...Goodbye Green Turtle Cay
on March 27th, 2009 in Bahamas, GREAT LOOP ADVENTURE by Lisa Favors | No CommentsAfter the harrowing experience through the Whale the next stop was Green Turtle Cay, Black Sound, again a short, ten-miles from Treasure Cay and this will be our last short Abacos water day. We had a leisurely day walking into and around town, one last time, just to make sure…
Continue reading...We Got Rocked at Don’t Rock
on March 27th, 2009 in Bahamas, GREAT LOOP ADVENTURE by Lisa Favors | 1 CommentIn order to get from Treasure Cay to destinations north/south in the Abacos a boater has two choices to travel through the Whale Pass, which is totally exposed to the ocean for about 4 miles. Going on the outside of the pass, into the ocean (we took this going south…
Continue reading...Treasure Cay
on March 25th, 2009 in Bahamas, GREAT LOOP ADVENTURE by Lisa Favors | Comments OffTreasure Cay was another short ten-mile run and a place we’d never been to before however we have heard rave reviews from other boaters about the long beach and we didn’t want to miss seeing it this time around. We stayed at the marina which was fairly well developed and…
Continue reading...Great Guana Cay The Party Island
on March 24th, 2009 in Bahamas, GREAT LOOP ADVENTURE by Lisa Favors | Comments OffTrying to make our stay in the Abacos last longer, we have been dragging our feet by only traveling a short twelve miles to Guana Cay on our first travel day as we migrate north back up the Sea of Abaco. Tightly secured to a mooring ball we dinghied to…
Continue reading...Goodbye Sea Spray
on March 24th, 2009 in Bahamas, GREAT LOOP ADVENTURE by Lisa Favors | No CommentsWe left Sea Spray Marina on Elbow Cay this morning to start heading back to the states. We plan to stop at a few different islands on the way out. Jim took this beautiful photo of the ocean, beach and clouds, you can almost feel the salty sea spray that…
Continue reading...Goodbye Hope Town
on March 21st, 2009 in Bahamas, GREAT LOOP ADVENTURE by Lisa Favors | No CommentsOne last trip into Hope Town, for internet, the bank and to walk around the town one last time so that we can savour and preserve in our minds how perfect this little town is. Only three, narrow, cement streets run through the length of town with even smaller paths…
Continue reading...St. Patty’s Day in Hope Town is a Big Deal
on March 17th, 2009 in Bahamas, GREAT LOOP ADVENTURE by Lisa Favors | 1 CommentWe dinghied into Hope Town for the big St. Patty’s Day party at Capt’n Jacks. The restaurant had party cops who made sure the people without any green on got a pin, beads or sticker. We had the special corned beef sandwich plate for lunch, a bucket of bear and…
Continue reading...Good News and Salvage Crew Join Us at Sea Spray
on March 15th, 2009 in Bahamas, GREAT LOOP ADVENTURE by Lisa Favors | No CommentsOur friends Mary and Andy Sarver, on Good News and Brad and Patti Salvage, on Salvage Crew joined us for a few days at Sea Spray. Three boats from Michigan at one dock (Freedom’s Turn, Kismet, Good News – Salvage Crew is from Alabama). It was fun to have a…
Continue reading...The Fish Man Comes to Hope Town on Fridays
on March 13th, 2009 in Bahamas, GREAT LOOP ADVENTURE by Lisa Favors | No CommentsFridays are a big day on Elbow Cay. The Fish Man comes to the city dock around 3:00 pm and everyone who wants fresh lobster or fish waits for this boat to arrive with its fresh catch. All these people are patiently waiting to stock up for the coming week….
Continue reading...Back to the Marina Via Snake Cay
on March 11th, 2009 in Bahamas, GREAT LOOP ADVENTURE by Lisa Favors | Comments OffOn our trip back to Sea Spray we anchored in Shark Cay for a few hours while we went exploring in our dinghy. While entering the inlet we found a deep water cavern just inside where the sting/manta rays, and colorful fish like to hang out in the deep water….
Continue reading...Pete’s Pub in Little Harbor – Come Hungry, Thirsty and Barefoot
on March 10th, 2009 in Bahamas, GREAT LOOP ADVENTURE by Lisa Favors | No CommentsAlso make sure to bring a thick, permanent, marker to record your visit. We think it will be fun to revist this inspiring little oasis in the future, find our markings and reminisce about this relaxing, romantic getaway. Although Randolph Johnston created the workshop and foundry in the fifties his…
Continue reading...Little Harbor Side Trip
on March 10th, 2009 in Bahamas, GREAT LOOP ADVENTURE by Lisa Favors | No CommentsLittle Harbor is the southern most inhabited place in the Sea of Abaco, only a 14-mile boat ride away from our dock at Sea Spray on Elbow Cay. This is a beautiful cove which has room enough for about fifteen boats. Just over the bluff behind Pete’s Pub is this…
Continue reading...Overnighter to Little Harbor
on March 10th, 2009 in Bahamas by Lisa Favors | No CommentsWe left White Sound, on Elbow Cay, for an overnight trip to Little Harbor (the southernmost inhabited spot on the Sea of Abaco) early this morning. the sunrise lit our way out of the harbor and into the calm waters until a beautiful, sunny day emerged and the sky was…
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