March 31,2013 Little Harbour, Abaco

Our next stop after Tilloo Cay was a beautiful and well protected little harbour appropriately named Little Harbour!

Back in the early1950s, a Toronto born sculptor and artist by the name of Randolf Johnston left his life as a college professor in Northampton, Massachusetts and sailed his boat along with  his wife and four children down to the Bahamas. With no particular destination in mind, they settled in what is now, Little Harbour. In true Swiss Family Robinson style, they lived in caves, built thatched huts and eventually a foundry for Randolf's bronze artwork.

One of Randolf's sculptures

The Johnston Art Gallery
Check out the "speed bump", a piece of large diameter rope on the sand road!

 We had a chance to tour the art gallery that Randolf's son, Pete now runs. His own as well as his father's art work are displayed there for sale to the public. Carole wouldn't let Roly buy a six foot sculpture of a nude woman...don't know why, it would have looked great on the sundeck! Pete Johnston is the only family member that still keeps a relatively high profile in the area. He owns and operates Pete's Pub, the only place to get a drink and a meal for miles around.

 

 

As you can see, Pete's is not a formal type of bar, it's ok to take a nap on the floor when you're tired!

You know that Pete's is a pretty popular place with the boaters as you look up at the rafters and see all the T-shirts with the names of their previous owners written on them. Not to be outdone, we added our own shirt to the collection. 



We made good use of a gag t-shirt given to us by our friends, Brad and Rebecca!

Marlon Marina dock #1 has now been immortalized at Pete's Pub!

We took a step back in history and walked through the caves where the Johnston family took refuge from the elements. Not a place where we would want to live. It was dangerous just walking around in there, let alone spending any time at all living there! 

The Johnston cave

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

Little Harbour is the southern most area of Abaco that we explored this year. At this point we headed back northward, retracing some of our steps and stopping at some of the Cays that we missed on the way south.