Continuing very strong winds and huge waves
have kept us sheltered in beautiful Red Shanks Cove, where there’s lots to
entertain us. As we were heading out for a hike this morning, a near-by cruiser
dinghyed over to invite us to join a water taxi ride to an evening “rake and
scrape” at Eddie’s Edgewater restaurant in George Town. We said we’d let them
know later, and headed out on our own dinghy about 3 miles to the beautiful
bridge we could see in the distance – the bridge to nowhere.
A fast ride over waves running in our
direction took us to a small beach, where we tied up the dinghy, and then
walked and walked – over the bridge and along a road that had been built to
lead to the gorgeous Crab Key resort that was never completed - the 2008
recession had finished it off. I had found it with a group of cruisers before
Robert’s visit, then tried to find it again when he and Sue were here, with no
luck. So today we were on the hunt for it once more.
Finally, after what seemed like miles of
walking in the hot sun, there it was! We only had a few minutes to admire it,
when the American owner discovered us and drove us off – telling us it was
private property, and we shouldn’t be there.
He thought we might vandalize the brass bolts on the doors …. but we had
found it!
Satisfied, we walked a couple of miles to
our little boat on the beach, and made our way back to Sea Change – this time
over huge wind-blown waves swamping us with warm seawater all the way home. After all that, partying at Eddie’s was less
appealing than a quiet dinner and a movie – but it had been a great adventure …
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