Foiled Again

Abacos
26 27.85 N 077 01.31 W

Easter is a big deal in The Bahamas. They have a four day weekend here, Friday-Monday. We forgot about that. We had planned to tour the famous glass foundry in Little Harbor, but it was closed. Oh well, perhaps we'll come back there when Nancy is here.

We spent the day weaving baskets. We're both getting pretty good at it. We also did some beach combing.

We took the dinghy to a nearby island that looked to be uninhabited. It wasn't 100% uninhabited. When exploring we came across an inland salt water pond about 5 acres in area. It had been dug out of the limestone bedrock. It had a culvert that connected it to the sea. It also had a rowboat tied up on the shore. We couldn't understand the purpose of the pond. It didn't look good for swimming or fishing or anything else. Probably, it was the remains of yet another project abandoned half-finished.

We are beginning to form theories about these unfinished projects. The first, is that the best business to be in in The Bahamas must be earth moving. It seems that most of the project do the first step -- earth moving -- an stop there. Our second theory is that rich men retire to The Bahamas, buy land, or but a private island, and then indulge in their favorite hobby -- playing with bulldozers and earth moving machines. We remember watching a land owner on Sacanadaga Lake who was like that.
He moved earth and big stones from one place to another. The following year, he'd move them somewhere else.