... past the breadfruit tree brought from Tahiti by Captain Bligh on HMS Bounty after the mutiny...
... and we would stop in an internet cafe or bar (depending on the time of day!) to check email and work on the blog...
As much as we loved Hopetown we wanted to be in Marsh Harbour for the weekend as we knew there was a nice Catholic church close to the harbor. The days continued to be quite windy (20-25 knot easterlies) but the short 8 mile trip was downwind so we left Hopetown at 10:30am and we were tied up at the Marsh Harbour Marina at noon.
We decided to walk the two miles into town and were excited to see Johnny Cake Lane since Marianne's real Rhode Island johnnycakes are our grandchildren's favorite breakfast!
On Sunday morning we took a taxi to church... You use the marine radio on channel 06 to call a taxi and they respond immediately. The church was about 10 minutes from the marina, a pretty building completely open-air, with a plaque to Our Lady of Charity Queen of Cuba...
... three crosses set on the rocky hillside...
... and Jesus on a crucifix made of driftwood...
... and the usual rousing choir! We loved the service! After taking the taxi back to the marina we settled in for another couple of relaxing days. This is as far south as we'll go so over the next week we'll gradually work our way back up the Sea of Abaco, through the Whale, across the Little Bahama Bank and position ourselves for the crossing back to Florida. The timing will be right because we will have almost finished our supply of books: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Outliers, Gilead, Team of Rivals, Mary's Voyage, The First Daughter, and Shadow Command
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Johnny Cake Lane - HOW COOL!
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