Upon the Easter sunset salute by conch, what did we hear? That’s right the familiar retort from Duke’s Conch Stand on shore. Our friend Pompey decided we needed a response! How fun!
After visiting the Hermitage Monday, we ventured “down island” in a rental car to show our friends, Terry & Lynn from Finish Grade, Cat. It’s different in that it’s hilly and has lots of trees.
Down on the south end of Cat is the Andrew Deveaux Plantation House that we saw/found last year. It’s a ruin from the 1780’s, and it appears the government in Nassau sent someone in to clean up the site since we were here last.
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After exploring Port Howe, we decided to “go west, young man” to the tip of Cat Island’s “slanted-J” shape. So off we went to check out Hawk’s Nest Resort and Marina. For sale, by the way, for just a cool $21 million… Apparently, the kids want to cash out what Dad built.
The marina is a good stop for the sport fishermen, and on the inlet coming in. We never saw so many sharks in one place. Proof that if you feed them, they will come… Actually, they come en masse as soon as they hear footsteps on the dock.
Since the marina has depth and fuel, we will keep it in mind for the future, maybe.
After running around most of the day Monday, we finally returned to New Bight to see the gang at the beachside shops, where hugs and joyful greetings were exchanged!
We chatted away the rest of the afternoon with the gang (I think Cordell was hiding from the camera) before heading home for Todd to make his sunset date with the conch horn and listen for the retort from shore!
We’re not done with Cat, yet though. We still have to go “up island” to see our gardening friends!
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