Abaco by land

Yesterday the weather just would not cooperate. A little warmer with winds diminishing but still greater than 20Knots. Seas still choppy. Skies still dark. Getting better but just too slowly. so we rented a car with friends and went to see the parts of Abaco we had missed while we were busy on the cays. First went south to Little Harbor and did some recon for when we sail there. Beyond Little Harbor is Cherokee on the sound by the same name. We don't plan to sail there so it was great to see. They have a long, long dock but even at the end there is very little water at low tide. I think we were about 1/4 mile into the sound and still in water less than 3 feet as it was low tide. People could walk to their moored boats. This area has a remarkable boatbuilding and fishing history and is really lovely. They only got electricity in the 90's. It feels quiet and remote. Ocean on one side mangroves on the other. After some errands we headed to the northern part of the island. We always sailed the cays so we had never been here. The highlight was Cooperstown across the Sea of Abaco from GreenTurtle cay. This place is not on many tourist maps but it is great!!!!!!! Small houses, clearly no really wealthy folks and no real harbor just a few docksthat jutted out into the Sea of Abaco. At 13 feet they have pretty deep water for this area too. People fish and build but it looks pretty quiet. There are govt offices here and at least a half dozen churches for about 500 people. Supposedly there are 2 bars. we only found one - UNKA NOELS CONChH CRAWL. This is amazing. Built into the water, it is filled with memorabelia from Noel's life , including turtle shells and a Loggerhead turtle skull that was bigger than a human skull, an alligator head and a deer pelt Over the bar are several hand written signs. "No fighting tolerated" probably arguing is ok . "No credit Don't be sad Go work" "No Dope Smoking". There were also many pictures of pinup girls over the bar. I am not sure if it is usually men only but we were welcome. I had a drink with about 10 ounces of rum , 2 ice cubes and a tablespoon of juice. Others stuck with beer . Good that I wasn't the driver. Noel showed us his saxophone but wasn't feeling "sporty" so not interested in playing any songs at that time. Great talking with him though. Met a man who worked on a boat in Treasure cay and came north to Long Island every summer. He had been in fishing tournaments in Block island, Nantucket and MV. He enjoyed telling us how to cook bahamian lobster - split the body and tail , spice it and grill it - but he wouldn't tell us too much about the specific spices. The wind was too wild to sit on the porch and it rained but the view was gorgeous. It is my favorite so far I would love to be there for music and dancing. Maybe on the way back.