Bitterroot and Bergamot

Shadow figures, originally uploaded by Bitterroot.
Taken in Marsh Harbour, Abacos.

Labels: Abacos, Bahamas, flowers, Marsh Harbour, spring

# posted by Bitterroot @ 7:54 AM 5 comments

Skeletal structures, originally uploaded by Bitterroot.
Water-eroded shoreline taken in the Abacos Islands.

Labels: Abacos, Bahamas, shore, spring, stone

# posted by Bitterroot @ 2:08 PM 5 comments

A plea, originally uploaded by Bitterroot.
Taken on Guana Cay, Abacos, Bahamas.

Residents on a small, unspoiled island issue a poignant plea...

Here is some background on this issue as described in several venues:

Overview – from San Francisco Chronicle

Guana Cay, The Bahamas -- The calm, turquoise waters off this sleepy island have long lured visitors seeking shelter from storms, but a San Francisco development company's ambitious plan to build a gated community for well-heeled golfers and yacht owners has set off a full-scale revolt that flies in the face of the government's plans to build mega-resorts on many of the country's most pristine islands.

"They'll come with their poodles with pedicures, and they'll expect us to jump," said Troy Albury, who runs a scuba diving operation on Guana Cay, one of the Out Islands that form a coral-fringed strand about 200 miles east of Florida.

But his real concern is what the development might mean for the lush coral reef offshore. Albury heads the Save Guana Cay Reef Association, which has taken the unprecedented step of suing Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie for leasing more than 100 acres of crown land, without the approval of the local government, to help the Discovery Land Company build Baker's Bay Golf and Ocean Club…

See web site here...


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From web site of Save Guana Cay Reef Association

Bakers Bay Golf & Ocean Club, formerly known as Baker's Bay Club, also formerly known as Passerine Development, proposed by The Discovery Land Company, is a 585-acre luxury golf course and 240-slip marina (scaled back by Developer to 180-slips) that is completely private for members only…

The 3rd largest barrier reef in the world lies only 50 feet from shore and closer in places. The golf course and associated pollutants will kill the reef - it is inevitable. The marina is set to be dredged in behind Joe's Creek, the island's only and last fish estuary…

"Save Guana Cay Reef" is a group dedicated to protecting this natural wonder and ensuring that there is a long lasting legacy for Abaconians.

See web site here...


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From web site of Discovery Land Co.

For those with larger water craft, Baker's Bay's unique deep water channel makes it one of the only places in the Abacos that can accommodate large yachts.

The Ocean Club will feature a fabulous clubhouse with fine and casual dining, beach service, resort-style swimming pool, spa and fitness facilities, tennis courts and beach volleyball courts as well as a variety of water craft, snorkeling, scuba diving and fishing equipment. Additionally, the club will feature a spectacular member-owned golf course designed by Tom Fazio providing a pristine core-golf experience. The golf course will play along the ocean in dramatic style with strategic shots over inlets and long rocky shoreline.

Residential options in the guard-gated community include 359 spectacular custom home sites...

See web site here...


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Please support the preservation of pristine places.

Labels: Bahamas, development, Guana Cay

# posted by Bitterroot @ 12:01 AM 2 comments

Contrasts, originally uploaded by Bitterroot.
Taken in Hopetown on Elbow Cay in the Bahamas.

Labels: Bahamas, church, Elbow Cay, Hopetown, spring

# posted by Bitterroot @ 7:19 AM 2 comments

Delicacy - bougainvillea, originally uploaded by Bitterroot.

Labels: Abacos, Bahamas, bougainvillea, flowers

# posted by Bitterroot @ 12:11 AM 3 comments

Swirl, originally uploaded by Bitterroot.
Taken in Marsh Harbour, Abaco, Bahamas

Labels: Abacos, Bahamas, light-shadow, palm tree

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Waves, originally uploaded by Bitterroot.
Taken near Hopetown on Elbow Key, Abacos, Bahamas

Labels: Bahamas, Elbow Cay, Hopetown, ocean, spring

# posted by Bitterroot @ 8:55 AM 4 comments

Glimpse, originally uploaded by Bitterroot.
Taken in Hopetown, Elbow Cay, Abacos Islands, Bahamas.

Labels: Abacos, Bahamas, Hopetown, ocean

# posted by Bitterroot @ 7:12 AM 3 comments

Smiling morning glory, originally uploaded by Bitterroot.
Taken in Marsh Harbour, Abacos, Bahamas.

Labels: Abacos, Bahamas, flower, flowers, Marsh Harbour, morning glory

# posted by Bitterroot @ 7:42 AM 1 comments

Repose, originally uploaded by Bitterroot.
Taken in Marsh Harbour, Abaco, Bahamas.

"Nice? It's the ONLY thing," said the Water Rat solemnly... "Believe me, my young friend, there is NOTHING--absolutely nothing--half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."

~ Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

I was very lucky to be invited to mess about in a sailboat this past week, a sailboat in which the captain(s), crew, cooks, and bottle washers were us! In other words, a group of eight friends, some of whom actually know how to sail a sizable boat, got together to explore the Abacos Islands in the northern Bahamas.

Of course, it was wondrous to leave a cold gray northern clime and enter suddenly a world of color, bloom, and warmth. I am very grateful for the opportunity to have shared this adventure with dear friends.

I'll share some of the photos here on the blog, and will continue my pattern of bouncing daily from place to place on this beautiful, beleaguered planet of ours.

Labels: Abacos, Bahamas, sailboat, sailing

# posted by Bitterroot @ 12:49 PM 3 comments