Planes, Trains, and Automobiles…..

Sunday, March 5, 2023

Since we’re stuck here in Spanish Wells, waiting for a fuel filter, we decided to take a “tourist day” and visit the nearby town of Dunmore on Harbour Island. We had heard that it’s a cute little town, with charming houses, some good restaurants, and beautiful beaches on the ocean side.
So we:

• rode a golf cart to the ferry
• hopped a ferry to another part of Eleuthera – James Bay – took a cab to Three Islands Dock
• took a ferry to Dunmore on Harbour Island
• rented a golf cart to explore Harbour Island
• went to a gorgeous beach
• had lunch at Valentine’s (the Heartbeat of Harbor Island)
• caught a ferry back to Three Islands Dock
• took a cab for a tour of more Eleuthera sights and back to James Bay – rode the ferry back to Spanish Wells
• walked back to the boat

The highlights for me (Rod) were:

• The gorgeous 3-mile beach where Guinness learned to play frisbee and ran with the horses

• Talking to a crew member of a boat whose passengers’ mother has just moved from Hersheys Mill and kids had attended two schools in Malvern – another small world story on our trip!
• the bar scene at Valentine’s (it’s Spring Break, and there were 40 gorgeous college guys and gals knocking down beers). I don’t know how the bartender kept track.
  

The highlights for me ( Lynn) were:

• Seeing the Sapphire Blue Hole – an underwater cave with blue salt water fed by tunnels from the ocean. Braver souls than me would have jumped in.

• Seeing the glass bridge with the ocean crashing in one one side and the pale blue/green Carribean in the other side.
  

Our driver coming back from Dunmore was a great tour guide – he was so proud of his island. However, driving on a narrow road, on the left side, at 60 mph, might have been the most frightening part of this trip!

What a fun day!