Back to Marsh Harbour

Saturday 15th - we have a great sail beating back to Marsh Harbour. The plan is to anchor there for the week while I join the family down in Nassau. We had come to the conclusion that the Abacos wouldn't work for Nick, so we're Atlantis bound. It's my 63rd birthday so we go to Mangoes for dinner, a good meal unfortunately they don't have key lime pie as "the lady hadn't made them that morning". So, not store bought so doubly disappointing, still something to look forward to.
Sunday 16th - We walk to the Abaco Beach Resort to hear the Bahamas Symphony Orchestra.

It's a fund raiser for the Pathfinders organization that helps put Abacos students through college. We enjoyed it very much and not just because of the free wine and food. There was also a silent auction and I was just outbid on a glass bowl with a spiral pattern, but at least I managed to get the price up. When we come out we hear a mockingbird singing in a tree as if having an audience of music lovers he was going to show what he could do. We stood for a long time listening to his songs.

We decided to take a walk around the harbour to the point. The gardens have some interesting trees that seem to grow roots by crawling across the rocks.

One of the things I hate to see in the Abacos is access to the water being cut off by private property. Man o ' War and Elbow Cay have roads or paths that go to the beach, or harbour but newer developments seem to be allowed to parcel up the land into a jigsaw of private enclaves. Seems we used to understand they were communal resources that required access to all and we've lost that understanding.
No more blogging until I get back from Nassau. Sad to say there's yet another cold front coming through on Tuesday.