Well, after a dramatic day getting over here, we got on a mooring ball, which seemed like the last one available.  We later counted 55 boats in the harbor here.

We got the motor on the dinghy and watched to see if Ziggy remembered how to get on. She saw Ed preparing it and walked over to the stair, wagging her tail and ready to go. I had to hold her back til he was ready!

Off we went to the dinghy dock, about a 30 second ride.  Tied up and walked around for a bit.

Hopetown was one of the earliest settlements in the Abacos – loyalists left the U.S. after the Revolution and settled here in 1785. The streets are one-lane, very few cars here, everyone gets around by bike, golf cart or walking.

The cottages are painted in Caribbean colors with pristine gardens and white picket fences. Many of them are available for rent.

This is probably the prettiest town in the Abacos.  We may stay here awhile because the harbor is protected and the dinghy ride is a couple minutes to everything.

Last night we joined the bingo crowd at Captain Jacks – it was packed with cruisers and people who winter here.

The lady sold us a cup of beer bottle caps as our chips for the bingo card for $2 per game.  The winner for each of 4 games would get $278!!!

Ed goes, “Are you kidding me???”  I could tell he was comparing the potential winnings for this $2 bet to what he wins with online sports betting.  

Hmmmmm, 60 people at most, pretty good odds…

But it wasn’t your typical bingo.  For a couple of games you had to get both diagonals (the “x”) or a “picture frame” (all four sides) and you had to yell out “Jacks” instead of bingo.

One woman who had drunk too much yelled “jacks,” and when her card was checked she was wrong.

The second game she did it again, far too early we thought and the crowd started jeering at her, “No way! You can’t have Jacks yet!!”

They checked her card and she was wrong again.

The announcer said “You, my lady, are disqualified! You are hereby banished to Marsh Harbor!!”

The crowd cheered and laughed.  The banished lady stood and took a bow.

Ed got within two caps on the picture frame game but lost. I didn’t  even get close.

Ziggy didn’t get to play but she liked the burger I shared.