Another good chance of rain today so we took a ferry over to North Eleuthera today.
Gonna rent a car and travel south down the Island to find a friend we made while in Great Harbour Cay in 2015.
We are in for a short ride in this ferry.
It's only a couple miles from Spanish Wells to North Eleuthera but this is the only way to get there other than flying.
These ferries run every 30 minutes...taking mostly workers to and from work.
Remember the log house story from the last post
Well, this is the view from the bay of that Log House.
I said it would stick out like a sore thumb...you be da judge.
Ferry driver says some folks in town not happy.
Annie doesn't waste any time finding some cute little girls to love on.
This family was waiting at the dock for the ferry to arrive to go back to Spanish Wells.
Never a dull moment with Miss Annie around.
Next on the list was to rent a car, that's a whole story in itself,
might get to that later.
For now we gotta get to the top of this hill for a better view of the Glass Window Bridge.
The trail is solid jagged rock, not at easy task for Michele.
Christine would not even try it.
And it was certainly worth the climb up the rocky hill.
What a beautiful sight as the Atlantic Ocean cuts it way thru the rocks and dumps into the calm waters of the Caribbean Sea on the other side.
The next Video helps show the power..
Eleuthera-map.com. for more on this Natural Bridge that was destroyed by a hurricane.
Dave and I were taking pictures atop this hill right at the edge of the bluff..
I've always said.... "If you ain't living on the edge you're taking up too much space"....
Check out this panoramic shot..
They were placed here by the force of the water during a storm.
That's the story on the Offical Placard and they are sticking to it.
And it is TRUE that people and cars have been swept off the bridge during a rage. A young man was killed recently by ignoring the warnings.
Down the road a little further are "The Queens Baths and Hot Tubs"....
These pools are formed by waves coming over the rocks and then heated by the sun to form hot tubs.
Many warnings to stay away during high tide and storms. Yet, some German speaking folks just couldn't resist.
This cave is at the head of the cove that the hot tubs are in...all formed by millions of years of water force.
We would never have found these stories had we not rented a car. Boat access is impossible on this side of the Island.
Now It's off to Governor's Harbour to try to find our friend.
After a stop for lunch at the "Buccaneer Club" for lunch, again a stroke of luck to find this out of way place with great food.
We asked the service station attendant for a recommendation.
Works every time, cause I was one.
Well, we found the infamous "Potlatch Club" but still no sign of our friend Hans.
So we take off on foot to track him down...what are they going to do ? Shoot us?
Where is Hans?
Down by the house someone answers. Take the driveway toward the beach.
And we find Hans Febles, the man we met at Great Harbour Cay back in 2015. Hans was the Marina Manager there in The Berry Islands.
He always had a dream to build (or rebuild) a resort. He is living that dream on 12 acres of some of the most beautiful land on the planet.
They found this piece of paradise and purchased it from the bank here on
Eleuthera Island.
Two fine young men working hard to build a dream.
A true playground for the "Rich and Famous"..I sure hope they succeed.
Then we can say we knew them back when all they had was a dream.
I told Hans that if we were ever in the neighborhhood we would stop in and say HI.
Now we have to get the rental car back to the girls mother...I told you it was a story of another color.
We ask the ferry driver to see if he could line up a car. He says sure, makes the call and a few minutes later a young girl drives up in a Right-Side drive Honda. Yeah, we drive on the left side over here. She says drop me off at my mothers house and when you are finished with the car come by and pick me up. Yep, it's mom's car we are driving around in. That's the car rental company. So at the first stop ( the Glass Window bridge) the Honda fails to start.....no hill for a climber..I get out and tighten the battery cable with a rock and we are on our way. I usually have a pair of pliers in my back pocket but this trip I brought my Skinning Knife instead. Didn't know what we might be in for and felt the knife might be more important. LOL.
Spanish Wells.
The ferry is operated by three brothers in their early twenties. Their grandfather owns the ferry company but these three fine young men keep it going here in the Islands.
We had some very interesting talks about this area.
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