2022-04-24 Glass Window

 With heavy winds (20 knots) expected out of the NE for the next 4 days, we decided to head up to the Glass Window area on Eleuthera.   

We sailed from Alabaster Bay to just north of Mutton point with our spinnaker, which we always enjoy

We anchored one night near Mutton Point, and did some snorkeling.  We had read that there were sea anemones at Goulding Cay, so wanted to try snorkeling there.    No anemones, but some small corals and sea life.

Little orange fishy

Saw lots small fish schools

Pretty sea life

Nice little fishy

Blue tang

Swam beside this Green turtle for a while, finally took photo as he?she? was leaving.  Still haven't got the camera settings down.

Next day we moved closer to the Glass Window Bridge and went ashore for a explore. 

Why is it called Glass Window - well according to the internet - 

WHEN WINSLOW HOMER PAINTED “GLASS Window” he was on assignment for Century Magazine, chronicling his trip to the Bahamas in watercolors. It was 1885, and the artist saw this bridge in its original state—a natural stone arch barely separating the Atlantic Ocean from the Bight of Eleuthera.

Winslow Homer Painting

The stone arch connecting Eleuthera island’s two narrow strips of land that Homer saw is long gone, washed away by hurricanes. But the name he gave the unique site has stuck. Still called the Glass Window Bridge, it’s a vulnerable spot that has been destroyed and rebuilt many times in the intervening 130 years.
Often called the “Narrowest Place on Earth”, the bridge today still provides a view of the stunning contrast between the Atlantic and Bight of Eleuthera’s distinct natures. Occasionally, when a strong wave washes over the rocks, for a brief moment that separation disappears, and the two bodies of water shake hands.

It was much windier when we visited the bridge, and some spray was washing onto the road.

Ocean side on the day we visited

The calm side.  Charm anchored in background

We also walked to the Cow and Bull Rocks.  Per the intenet - 

TWO ENORMOUS LIMESTONE BOULDERS ARE perched at the edge of a cliff, on a rocky surface 60 feet above the Atlantic Ocean. They formed on the ocean floor anywhere from 300,000 to 400,000 years ago. So how did they get up there?

The rocks, known locally as the Cow and the Bull, are part of a mysterious series of giant boulders on the coast of Eleuthera island in the Bahamas.   Seven massive rocks form an almost perfect line along an especially narrow portion of the 110-mile coastline. The “Cow” and the “Bull” weigh 1,000 and 2,000 tons respectively and are each over 20 feet tall. Some scientists believe the massive boulders may have been lifted to the clifftop millennia ago by a powerful tsunami caused by the changing climate. 

You can see how large the rocks are.  Amazing power of the wind and water to move these.

The wind was funneling between the rocks pretty strong.  Around 30 miles per hour.

he last stop on our walk was the Queens Bath.  This is a collection of natural pools on the ocean side, that heat up with the sun and make nice pools to swim and relax in during low tide.  The day we were there, it was windy and we did not go down in the pools to check the temperature.

Queens bath pools on windy cloudy day.

The wind just continued to blow for the next 3 days, so we pretty much just hung out on the boat.   Even though it was windy, our spot was nice with calm water.

View from the bow of the anchorage.

View from the beach of Charm at anchor. 

What do we do when just hanging out on the boat?
I made cookies, which turned out well.

Homemade Almond flour dark chocolate cookies with dark chocolate chips.  

Dean made carmel corn, which was excellent, but did not last long at all.

Two nice big pans of homemade caramel corn

They did not last long.  

And we did laundry.

Laundry hanging to dry in cockpit.

We relaxed, read books, browsed the internet - rough life.

We leave today, and head up a little further north, about 17 miles to an anchorage called Meeks Patch, where we will wait until Wednesday when  the wind dies down, then to town for groceries, and to fill up on diesel.