Glass Window, Eleuthera Island

Not much happened over the weekend; we just hung out in Governor's Harbour waiting for the wind to decrease a bit before heading north. But the winds out of the north made the harbor an uncomfortable place to be -- extremely rolly. Last night was the worst; it felt like trying to sleep inside a washing machine what with the boat rocking side to side and the water splashing against the hull. When we woke up (not that either of us actually got any sleep) we decided to hit the road.

The wind was still out of the north (the direction we were heading) so we motored the 24 miles up to the anchorage near the Glass Window. Ahhh...finally a place that was calm and flat. We are anchored about half a mile from the Glass Window. It was originally a natural rock bridge that connected the north and south parts of the island. You have the Atlantic Ocean on the East with the Bight of Eleuthera on the west. The 85-foot high natural rock bridge was washed away in 1926, so the Bahamians built a narrow bridge to connect the two sides. On a windy day like today, huge waves crash under the bridge from the Atlantic side, funnelling through to the Bight side and throwing up spray and churning the water violently. The ocean water hits the spot with such force that back in 1991 a huge rogue wave actually picked up the bridge and moved it seven feet. We didn't actually set foot on the bridge -- even though cars were going across one at a time it looked like maybe they were still doing some construction work (still trying to align the two sides, maybe? I don't know, but we saw cracks in the concrete and rusty rebar sticking out in places.) Besides the view was better from the side.

I recently added a new meal to my growing repertoire -- biscuits and gravy. Did anyone else know that you could use Bisquick for something other than pancakes? (Considering that the picture on the box is a huge stack of flapjacks...) So tonight we had biscuits, gravy, mashed potatoes, and chicken. I was all excited about my cooking skills until Kevin pointed out that the only component of the meal that didn't originate as a powdered mix was the chicken.

Where we are:
Lat: N 25 26.257'
Long: W 76 36.738'