After a morning on the boat, we packed a small picnic lunch to take with us to Hope Town but as we were getting ready to leave Juno, storm clouds approached and rain came pouring down so we ate our picnic lunch aboard Juno. We then left the dinghy at the town dock in White Sound and set off on foot north to Hope Town, about two miles to the north. We hadn’t gone about 200 yards when we encountered the ice cream shop. Since we had a brownie leftover from our picnic in our back pack, we bought a scoop of coconut ice cream and enjoyed a brownie a la mode en route to Hope Town.
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| A little sustenance to get us to Hope Town |
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| Plenty of help to know how to get home |
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| You know you are in Hope Town when you see this lighthouse |
We checked out the Canvas Shop where Sarah hoped to find some gifts but left empty handed, we tried to mail a letter but the post office was closed, and so we walked the quaint town of narrow streets and cozy cottages. Hope Town is a bit like a scaled down version of Provincetown, MA in appearance.
We saw the cholera cemetery, walked the eastern beach, swam and then feeling a little tired for the walk back, we put out our thumb and got picked up by Steve in his golf cart. We were a bit surprised that he stopped as the cart only seats four and he had three kids with him. Thankfully the kids weren’t very big so we squeezed in and enjoyed the ride all the way back to White Sound while talking with Steve and his kids. We’ve learned that hitch-hiking is the best way to get around many of these islands and it never takes more than three minutes before someone will stop. Once back on Juno, we enjoyed an hour sail to Man-o-War Cay, crossing the shallow bank at high tide.
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| It is easy getting around on the islands |
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