More of Georgetown/Stocking Island

With the length of time we spent in Georgetown, I managed to miss some high points worth coming back to mention.

No sooner than we docked the dinghy at Queen's Dock and stepped onto shore, we met a couple who gave us a rundown of the path and all it had to offer. 

Queen's Dock

Dock is inscribed:

“QUEEN’S DOCK
BUILT IN 1975 BY NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINES
REBUILT YEARLY BY BOATERS”

So, off we go on the path from Monument Beach to the Atlantic coast.

On the path to the Atlantic Coast

 

"Which way do we go, Jim?  South Beach Monument it is."

"Jim, where are you going?"

Jim is obviously on his own path, so, before heading up to the Beacon at South Beach Monument, let's take a few steps back to an unmarked, yet well-traveled, path leading to the "Bum Tree."  Bum Tree, you say?  Yes, a tree resembling a naked person with their head stuck in the sand.  BWAHAHAHA!

The "Bum Tree"

Back on the trail to South Beach Monument, we find ourselves trekking a few miles of overgrown paths, obviously not recently traveled, leading us on stretches to the top edge of cliffs and other times deep into the forest.  Eventually, we lose the trail altogether so we make our own way.

The path ahead of us

A confident Jim ready to tackle the challenge

Though, not exactly unscathed, as Jim has multiple scratches and blood trickling down both arms from pushing through the underbrush, we make it to the top and land at the South Beach Monument.

The Beacon at South Beach Monument

What was there to see at South Beach Monument?  Although the Beacon was not much to look at, we had a spectacular view of the hurricane holes and all the way across Elizabeth Harbour to Georgetown.  The same one-mile dinghy ride we take pretty much every day, and some days multiple times, to take our garbage to shore and bring water and groceries back to the boat.

South Beach Monument overlooking the hurricane holes
and across Elizabeth Harbour to Georgetown

We came upon a nicely engraved marker, memorializing someone obviously much loved and missed a lot...

"In Loving Memory
of
Barbara L. Hart
You Will Always
Be In Our Thoughts
Love
Kim, Doug, Donald, Duncan"

It was time to head back so we began the steep trek down the hill.  We came across an older couple heading up the hill, who seemed to find it much easier getting to the top than we did.

We climbed some steep hills to get to the top
and they we no less steep on the way down

We get back to Queen's Dock in no time only to realize we had been told how to get to South Beach Monument, via the "LONG ROUTE."  Had we taken a closer look while coming past Hamburger Beach on our way to Big D's for lunch, we would have had a much shorter walk to the top.  We will just say we took the scenic route.

Hamburger Beach

 Did you notice that little sign on the tree?  Obviously, we didn't!

Jim at the Flintstone's playground

Big D's