Hope Town

Today we took a ferry ride to Hope Town, it is one of the most quaint and charming islands we've gone to.  The homes are clustered together and painted in bright beautiful colors representative of the islands.  Flowering shrubs and flowers in vibrant exotic colors adorn walls and picket fences everywhere.  The streets in town are narrow concrete and only large enough for a golf cart.

Hope Town's candy-cane striped lighthouse is one of the world's last working pre-electronic-age lighthouses and is still in service today.

Picture taken from the Deck of "Da Beach" a little restaurant on the beach

We returned to Marsh Harbour to begin celebrating both my birthday and mother's day.  We started at "Snappa's" for a few cold libations. Check out the cool Miller Lite can I got.

this was followed up by my birthday cake (photo below)

Yummy!

We left "Snappa's" and headed back to get ready for dinner at the Jib Room.  They have a dinner every Saturday night thats by reservation only and you have to place your order with your reservation.  They have a long grill and and an even longer line where everyone clammors for the front, all to get the same sides (baked potato, steamed veggies, salad and bread) and of course your meat of choice that you pre-ordered - steak, chicken or fish.  It was standing room only and took us a while to find a table.  The food was excellent as well as the routine limbo man show.  He can lower the bar to 10" off the ground - SET IT ON FIRE - and limbo under it without burning himself.  Oh yeah, he also lights his cigarette while going under the pole.   We've been here before and seen him perform, but it's always a treat to see the children squeal with excitement.

It was a long day with a lot of celebrating (ha ha) so we headed home for a good night sleep!