Bahamas - Abacos: Pete's Pub

Day 285 -- Part 1
No Travel

Sunrise at Little Harbor Anchorage

Before leaving Little Harbor anchorage, we decided to deploy the dinghy and go check out Pete's Pub. We found when we went to shore that the building we thought was Pete's Pub was not Pete's Pub and had several signs saying so.

Not Pete's Pub

Drift Wood Street Signs to Gallery, Foundry,
North Beach, and Lighthouse

We had read that the foundry was worth a visit, but we never found the foundry as we walked the area. We did hike to the lighthouse though.

Me walking the road to the lighthouse

The lighthouse turned out to be ruins only

Pretty old ruins by the look of it

the view from the lighthouse area was pretty though
and worth the walk

path to lighthouse ruins

another section of path to lighthouse ruins

We went over to the island to look around early. We got there about 9:30. That was good because it was cool for our walk to the lighthouse but bad because everything on the island was closed until later.  The gallery opened at 10:30 and the pub opened at 11:00. We decided we would wait for the gallery to open and sat down by the beach in the shade to wait. After I saw a woman collecting shells down the beach a ways, I decided to walk down to see what she had found.

I ended up spending my wait time talking to Lenore who was from the states and purchased a home in the Abacos four years ago. We sat in her chairs facing the beach and talked about boat trips we had each taken on the Erie Canal, Champlain Canal, and through Canada.

Clark took pictures on the outside of the gallery when it was still closed and then took quite a few once it opened.

Pete's Pub Gallery 

Metal Sculpture

Tribute to "the miracle on the Hudson" Plaque

Metal Sculpture of Sting Rays

 Inside the gallery ...

19" Turtle on Driftwood
by aritist Peter Johnston
$10,500 

Turtle on Conch Shell Sculpture
$11,500 

Old Man of the Sea "Hookup" Sculpture
$8650

We did not buy any of the pieces of art for obvious reasons. It was clearly out of our price range. It was lovely though.

We walked through Pete's Pub and took a wooden walkway out to view the beach. The wave action was awesome to see from the non-rocking shores. We decided that we would not hang around long enough to eat at the pub since we wanted to move on to Hope Town when we left this anchorage.

Pete's Pub has t-shirts hanging everywhere as decorations

Walkway to Beach

Lighthouse Ruins Way in the Distance

Mega-splash

Pathway Back to Dinghy Dock

The dock at the pier with "not Pete's Pub" was a tall fixed dock where we tied our dinghy. When we arrived there, I managed to climb up the ladder while holding the line to the dinghy to tie us on. Quite a feat for me.

Climbing back down the ladder to get into the dinghy to leave presented a scarier picture. I was quite proud of myself that I managed it. I am glad to say that although I am still very nervous about doing ti,  I am getting more used to climbing in and out of the dinghy and gaining more confidence with climbing up and down these dock ladders to do so.

We left the anchorage about 11:30 and headed to Hope Town for a night's stay in a marina.