Blog #6 A Day Trip to the East End

I am so blessed!!! Jerrisma makes bags. When I visited her place last week, she gave me the one above. I just love it. A group of similarly talented women are trying to open a straw market in West End. I am sure they would do well if they can figure out all of the logistics. I have been displaying my bag on a chair for the last week for all of our visitors to see. I should use it but what if......... It is a piece of art!!!

Last week we went on a day trip to the east end of the island. This pic is of a small motel type place called Bishops. One room. I loved it but Ray is not as enthused!!! It is at the end of High Rock Beach.

It seems like this is the only lighthouse we have seen thus far. It is being maintained but I don't think it is operable.

A coconut stand at Bob's Love Shack at Pelican Point. Bob was trying to get us to indulge with our lunch but I have been there before and the watery milk and gooey jelly stuff has no appeal. I settled for a Bahama Mama. Yum!!! Yes, save the emails, I know coconut milk and goo are good for me but I will pass thanks!!! It was a great place to have lunch. The staff were friendly, good food, gorgeous beach.......

A canoe? Yes, a canoe. Not my idea of a water craft in the waves but hey.... It is sometimes hard to get the colour of the water right in pics but this is a good indicator. The beaches here are gorgeous. The water is a fantastic colour BUT the middle is pretty dull. We drove for about an hour and a half to the east end and it was all pretty much the same. Tall gangly trees with shrub bush underneath and it is SOOOOoooo flat!!! There aren't any houses or anything along the road. Kind of like driving through our praries or parts of Texas, Arizona or even California. It just makes me miss the Almaquin Hills of home!!!

Ray is standing at the door of the Love Shack. It continues to amaze me how few tourists there are here. We have heard from a couple of people that it will get busy in the middle of February. We will see. There are quite a few cruise ships that dock here.

Pelican Point Beach. Another day, another beach. What can I say???

Now don't forget, Westjet flies direct from Toronto to Freeport on Fridays and Mondays and from Florida the best way to get to us is from Fort Lauderdale via Bahama Air. We'd love to see you!!!