Sunday, April 17, 2016

Long Island – a place to revisit

Long Island – a place to revisit
Our first stop after George Town was Thompson Bay on Long Island.  While we hid from Hurricane Joaquin last fall in the NY Long Island, the Bahamas’ Long Island was being destroyed by the storm.  For 30+ hours it pounded the southern half of the island and the results are still visible in Salt Pond on the northern edge of the destruction.  We found the people friendly, welcoming and eager to have visitors.  It was also a place to offer help in the recovery efforts still underway.





The approaching weather is the only reason we headed out and look forward to returning for a longer stay and tour of this island with everything a cruiser could need – even a weekly Farmer’s Market with local produce and products. 




Before leaving we managed a protracted lunch on the veranda at Chez Pierre’s restaurant.  The curmudgeon-like Chef Pierre grudgingly prepared lunch for us – his only customers that day and in spite of his brusque demeanor the meal was fantastic – and so plentiful the group could only manage to share one dessert. It was worth the 6 mile dinghy ride each way and made a fitting farewell from our friends on Sea Dweller and Changing Course who opted to linger on in Thompson Bay while we headed for Cat Island.








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