The red and white stripes of the Hope Town Lighthouse came into view. It is a beautiful classic lighthouse that you want photos of from all angles. At idle speed we move into the harbor and instantly know we are going to love Hope Town. The harbor is lined on one side with pastel colored homes that are just too cute! There is no anchoring in Hope Town. Mooring balls only, so Tom is out on the bow with a boat hook. My job is to put Laughter's bow at the ball, Toms is to grab the line hooked to the ball and tie it to the bow cleat. There are always people watching because mooring ball catching can be quite a show. No show here, we caught it on the first try and were tied. The nice thing about being tied to a mooring ball is that you sleep soundly! No worries about anchor dragging in the middle of the night, so let the wind blow!! The actual town is situated on this end of the island and the only vehicles of any type allowed are utility vehicles. Even golf carts are taboo. The streets are lined with pastel colored homes with white picket fences around them. Everyone speaks to each other as they pass, something we have lost in the states! There is one police car and one officer, they don't need anymore than that! If you look like you have a question or a need, someone stops to ask if you need help. We spent four days in Mayberry, I mean Hope Town. After settling in on the mooring ball we just walked around town and went in the four shops they have. The morning of our second day I went to the ocean side beach with a couple of other gals to hunt for sea glass. We did find some and had a good walk down the beach. That afternoon we went to lunch at Harbor view lodge with Harvey and Nancy and the folks on Galatia. On the third day Tom and I climbed the light house and enjoyed the beautiful view. We also visited the pasty lady who sets up a booth once a week at the dinghy dock. We really enjoyed her Guava bars. Our fourth day in Hope Town was a Sunday and the grand opening of a new marina and resort. Stone McEwen was playing. We were excited about hearing him again. Twelve of us enjoyed the buffet and music on the pool deck of the marina/resort. Our last day in Hope Town Tom and I rented a golf cart so we could see the other end of the Cay. We had a ball! I stopped and visited a primary school. We bought lunch at a little joint we saw along side the road on the other side of the island. We enjoyed a drink at a beautiful resort/marina called Firefly then stopped along the ocean side to watch some surfers. Firefly is owned by Firefly vodka company so all of their specialty drinks are made with Fire Fly. Mmmmm. We also stopped to climb a sand dune and hunt for sea glass and surprised a couple of boaters we know who were anchored out at Tahiti beach. Why were they surprised? Because we were all anchored out together at Tahiti five days ago. You should have seen their faces when we walked up to them on the beach! I did all the driving on the cart and lets just say, when we go to England in the fall it would be best if I did not rent a car! Tom asked a couple of times "Are you trying to kill us" your on the wrong side of the road but I was literally on the right side, donya see.
Your view of the ocean from the deck of Harbor View Lodge
Tootled around the Cay on a golf cart
The pool and deck at Harbor View Lodge which is also open to the public
One of the cool rental homes
Hope Town Lighthouse one of the last hand fired lights. We watched the keeper pull back
the curtains and fire up the lamp. It was amazing
A view of the glass reflective mirrors in the light of the lighthouse
A view of Hope Town from the top of the lighthouse - 101 steps up
A view of the Sea of Abaco from the top of the lighthouse
See Tom walking down the steps of the lighthouse?
Another cute Hope Town Home
Visiting with Stone McEwen during a break. He was playing at the
Grand Opening of the new resort and Marina in Hope Town
This cute little house for curly tail lizards is the front yard of one of the houses
Notice the little lizard house just to the left inside the yard
The swimming pool with bar at the new resort/marina. Stone McEwen is playing in the gazebo in the background
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Hope Town Primary School
Fire fly marina and cottages
Another view of Firefly - tiki bar and restaurant
Flowers like this are growing throughout downtown Hope Town
Sunset at Hope Town
