Day 169, Sunday December 8^th

Lunch waterside

Another day in Hopetown.  It is just too beautiful here, and there are fireworks tonight so we might as well stay.  We head over to the famous lighthouse to take in the views.  There are 120 steps to the top.  The lighthouse was built in the 18 hundreds and is one of the last lighthouses still burning kerosene versus an electric light.  The stories say that original inhabitants made their money through salvaging so intentionally would lead ships on to the reefs in order to reap the benefits of salvaging the wreks.  When the lighthouse was being built there was lots of controversy because it was threatening their liviehood and so the inhabitants actually vandalized the building of the lighthouse in order to prevent this fabulous aid to navigation from being built.

Perspective shot inside the lighthouse

View of bay from lighthouse.  We are one of those boats.

The afternoon had us kayaking up a creek.  Not much to see, but some good exercise.  We are very happy with our inflatable kayaks.  They steer well, are easy to get in and out of and very lightweight for handling.  We kayak over to the resort to sit poolside again and pay some bills on the internet.

John and Rosemary celebrating 23rd anniversary

By 4:30 we need to kick into gear as we are expected back at John and Rosemary’s for drinks at 5 and have a full agenda after.  John and Rosemary are celebrating their 23^rd wedding anniversary.  After drinks we head over to Loraine and Julian’s for dinner, and then off to the last evening of the music festival which is happening at the marina we are mooring with.  This 3^rd night of music is not as good as it is the same artists with the same tunes and stories,and they are not mixing it up at all.  Each artist only does about 4 songs each a night so you would think they would play different songs and make different jokes, however they fail to realize that 90 percent of the crowd is the same as the night before.  Oh well, it is still fun.  As soon as the music is over the fireworks set off about 100 feet from our boat.  Luckily the wind is going away from us so no worries of a burning boat.  A great finale to a lovely evening.

Cheers

Julie and Dawson