Hope Town

On our way to Hope Town we anchored right outside Mermaid Reef again and Ken, Jeremy, and Cameran snorkeled. Nova and I stayed aboard. Then we motored over to Hope Town and picked up one of Alley-oop’s moorings for 2 nights at $20/night. We dinghied into Cap’n Jack’s for lunch then walked around the little neat town and to the beach. Since it was Boxing Day, and a national holiday, most of the stores were closed.

Tuesday the 27th we went into Cap’n Jack’s for breakfast then over to the lighthouse. Nova fell asleep in my arms and she and I sat in the sun on the deck (with her covered up) at the Lighthouse Marina’s Ship’s Store and watched all the people stocking up for New Year’s Eve at Lighthouse Liquors. Jeremy and Cameran went up and down the lighthouse, Jeremy for pictures and Cameran 5 x to pass the time. Later we went to the beach, Jeremy running in barefeet on the packed sand, and Cameran walking Nova in the Ergo. Ken and I read sheltered from the sun in a little park. We did some shopping, then back to the boat for coconut rum and lime juice drinks and playing ‘Dice’.