Man-o-War was a favorite of ours last year, and I looked forward to seeing how the island had changed. As with everywhere else, there were far more boats, both at anchor and in the more protected inner mooring field. Marina reconstruction has progressed well, and it looks like they’ll be ready to start taking boats soon.
We visited the coffee shop and were excited to see that the expansion that Anne told us about last year – adding a porch and reconstructing the old medical clinic as part of the history museum – was well underway. The coffee shop was really busy, but Anne came out to say hi and invited us to her house for tea. I was surprised she remembered us, given that it had been so long and we’d only met a couple times.
Since the weather wasn’t conducive to going out to Fowl Cay, we decided to snorkel the rock outcroppings near shore. In the spot where the fishermen used to clean conch and toss the shells, we found all kinds of small fish, and some blue headed wrasse followed us around. We moved to the outside of the rock wall and found some pretty patches of coral and lots of fish, including a couple queen anglefish and a good sized mutton snapper in the distance.
Later in the afternoon, we got cleaned up and headed over to Anne’s for tea. Her gardens are absolutely beautiful, and the view of the Atlantic from her porch is stunning. We met some of her local friends, some friends who had flown in (literally – they were pilots) from Charleston, and her brother, and we spent a wonderful afternoon chatting.
We wish we’d had more time to spend here, but with our time in the Bahamas running short and weather about to turn, it’s time to head over to Marsh Harbour and start our final preparations to return home. I can’t believe our season is almost over!
