Green Turtle Cay - Bluff House and New Plymouth

Arriving at Green Turtle Cay on February 15, 2014 the crew was surprised to find the luxurious Bluff House Marina with all the bells and whistles in White Sound.

After a fine late afternoon lunch of specialty rum drinks we reconvened at the Tranquil Turtle Beach bar to watch the sunset and enjoy the view.

Here's a link:  http://www.bluffhouse.com/

Bianca was serving up great drinks and we met boat Captains Phil, and Jim of the Carol Ann.  Owner Martin was also there, who happens to be from a village not too far from where Neil grew up.  (Small World)  Sea Stories abounded into the night.

So much so, that Patrick almost missed his 5:40 am ferry over to Treasure Cay where he took an $85 taxi to Marsh Harbor for his flight to Nassau and eventually back to Atlanta.  All went well, even getting on an earlier connection home, so we look forward to seeing him next week.

Neil and Brian spent a semi-relaxing day cleaning up, showering, and then took Salty on a one mile dinghy ride over to New Plymouth town and Black Sound.  It was a lazy Sunday and all the shops were closed, but this picturesque town and it's beautiful harbor with colored houses made us realize why people love the Abacos.  The towns folk were leaving church in their Sunday best clothes and we settled in at the inner harbor beach at Harvey's for a light lunch of Cheeseburgers in Paradise at low tide.  With our toes in the sand under the picnic tables and umbrellas, Salty bolted for a stick in the water as soon as we let him go after lunch.  

We dinghied around Black harbor on this beautiful sunny day but had a slight malfunction as we ran out of gas just at the entrance to White Sound.   Luckily we had paddles and it was a short paddle ashore where we walked through dense undergrowth across 10 property lines (all saying private keep out) back to the marina.  Captain Jim gave Neil a ride back with a gas can and we learned the lesson to keep extra gas in the dinghy especially on long rides. (2+ miles)

That night we enjoyed the sunset again at the Tranquil Turtle beach bar and another Dinner at the Bluff House.  There was a special where your food/drink takes off the dock fee bill so we kept drinking and eating our dock fees.