Sunshine Returns for a Day at Bennett’s Harbor, Cat Island

Glad to see the sun again, we snorkeled some rocks near the shore just after breakfast and decided to walk to the eastern side of the island after lunch.  While it looked to be only about 1.5 miles, our walk took us down an unpaved road so it ended up taking about 60 minutes.  En route we came across an area where cars were left to rust and one fellow was underneath one looking for a spare part.

Used car parts, island style

We had the eastern beach all to ourselves but there was a good easterly breeze and waves were coming in behind the reef so we just relaxed for 45 minutes before heading back.

Walking across the island to ...

... another beautiful beach

A slight diversion on the return walk took us past piles of garbage and a boarded up recycling center with a huge pile of glass bottles. The solid waste management practices on these islands is terrible as we see litter and wastes everywhere spoiling the landscape.  Unfortunately, this is the economics of the situation.

All of the islands have dumps like this.  

An attempt from an earlier time to establish recycling

Exhausted from our long walk, we stayed at Bennett’s Harbor a second night making plans to depart Long Island for Eleuthera first thing in the morning as a strong NW wind is forecast for tomorrow and Cat Island doesn’t afford much protection from NW winds.