Day 186 - Off to See the Lizard — Captain Father John

Miles cruised 0, fuel purchased $0, slip fee $80, daily high temperature 80°f

Our night was lit up by the underwater lights from Sea Bear. Our entire boat glowed. The fuel barge pulled in across from us at 10 pm to unload at the marina and into several tanker trucks. That took all night.

We enjoyed Easter breakfast at the marina. Dale and Andy took the dingy to church and John and Priscilla rented a golf cart and explored the island. We went shelling on several beaches and toured downtown New Plymouth.

There is a memorial dedicated to the Loyalists that fled the mainland in 1786 after the Revelutionsry war. The Loyalists were harassed, tortured and had their homes, property and farms confiscated by the revolutionaries. The Loyalists had minor success growing cotton in the Bahamas until they quickly depleted the soil and were devastated by hurricanes. My great, great grandparents on my mothers side (Miller) were Loyalists and emigrated to Nova Scotia during the Revoltuionary war. They returned to Boston about 100 years later in 1885.

During our tour of the island we came across the pier to nowhere. It was in an almost totally inaccessible area. Why is it here?

Another interesting location was the Lizard bar and grill. The Lizard had our favorite thing on this trip.

One of our favorite things.

When we returned to the marina Sea Bear was gone. We do not know if the Golden Bear arrived or they departed to pick him up in Marsh Harbour.

The Green Turtle Club has a classic island bar called the Tipsy Turtle with 1,000’s of one dollar bills stapled to every square inch with people’s names written them. We joked that it would be easy to pay our tab by pulling the money off the wall next to us.

Andy (aka LaVonne Ruby) chatting up Tony Albury the cemetery superintendent. Tony’s father was a PT boat captain in the Bahamas during WWII.

Bonus photo

Carl (Chef) Wooden – quote of the day.

She loves the serene brutality of the ocean, loves the electric power she felt with each breath of wet, briny air. – Holly Black

Holly Black née Riggenbach (born November 10, 1971) is an American writer and editor best known for The Spider wick Chronicles, a series of children’s fantasy books she created with writer and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, and a trilogy of Young Adult novels officially called the Modern Faerie Talestrilogy. Her 2013 novel Doll Bones was named a Newbery Medal honor book.