Here we are on Christmas hoping everyone back home is warm and enjoying a great feast of Prime Rib or Turkey. Here is a view of the harbour at Hope Town from the lighthouse. It's something like one of a few kerosene fired hand wound lighthouses still in existance. It's really a treat to be able to walk up to the top of the light and then around the balcony at the top. Mind you when the wind is blowing you won't feel all that secure because the fence around the platform is only a couple of feet high. But if you like you can walk all of the way around the light. It must be quite a sight at night now because many of the sailboats have Christmas lights strung down along the stays.
Sitting down there somewhere you will see Freedom tied up against a dock near the construction zone. Fortunately for us the construction has shut down for the holidays and it is not the least bit noisy. In spite of the strong wind blowing through the harbour it's quite pleasant here with some really great dock mates to share time with. I guess that the construction will start up again but hopefully it holds through the New Years Eve celebration. About the only exceptional sounds we have right now are the sounds of wind moving through the sailboat stays and the screach of a parrot in the distance. Someone must have a pet parrot around here somewhere because it really is quite vocal. But anyway they are hoping to have fireworks here in the harbour at midnight New Years Eve so perhaps we will have a treat during the celebration.
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