Little Harbour

• It's time to do a little exploring. It would probably be a lot cheaper to rent a car and drive around the cay. I always will remember a time, several years ago, when Jo and Whitey, Sue and Dennis, Nancy and Gregg and the two of us took our boats around the island to Oyster Bay and City Island. It was a 45 minute ride by car and a couple of dollars in gas. It took us a couple of days and a fortune in gas. Anyway, we took our boat to a place called Little Harbour. We left Boat Harbour around 11:30 and headed south. We passed many points of interest, out plan was to go straight to Little Harbour and stop at all these spots on the way back. We passed Cormorant Cay, Tavern Cay, Snake Cay, Deep Sea Cay, Iron Cay and Bucaroon Bay to name a few places. When you read the books on how to approach these harbours it doesn't tell you to follow the red and green markers. It says " When the white house at the SW corner of the harbour is centered in the harbour opening, head for it. Proceed until you are on the range line between the other prominent house (white roof) and the Point, then turn and head toward the house." How's that for directions. There is a nice white sandy bottom with about 3 1/2 feet of water. It's a small, fully protected anchorage. There were moorings in the harbour. I just picked one up and tied it on and we were ready to party.
• We took the dingy to the shore and started our expedition. There's a small dilapidated structure without a traditional lighthouse tower, it was the lighthouse. There's also a place called Pete's Pub, it was closed for the day. The men were busy renovating it. They were busy putting sand under the tables. We took a walk along the Atlantic Ocean. Could this really be the same ocean I swim in at Gilgo? The color is so different.
• Randolph and Margot Johnston made Little Harbour their home in the middle 1950s. The story is that the Johnstons, with their son Pete lived in a cave on the west side of the harbour. Very interesting. Randolph was an internationally known artist renowned for his casting in bronze. There are two art galleries with life size marine bronzes and jewelry inspired by locals.
• We had dinner aboard Sea Smoke, with Frank and his little dog Dee Dee. We left when Frank ran out of vodka. Sad but true.
• The next day we did more sight seeing and riding around the harbour in the dingy. At night we went aboard Sunset Key with Mike and Sue and had a little cocktail party. We left to go to dinner at Pete's Pub. It's an open air bar on the beach that serves delicious food. When we left and headed back to our boat, it was so dark we had trouble seeing our way. The stars were out, the moon was nowhere to be seen. Next time I'll remember to bring the flash light.
• The third day we headed back to boat harbour. We stopped to do some snorkeling. We went to a reef off Lynyard Cay. It's all quite beautiful.