The wind came round to the north, but was still a little on
the strong side, so we stayed put and explored the island in much nicer weather
than yesterday – breezy and mostly cloudy.
We successfully climbed all 583’ of the Big Hill and walked around the
back of the island where there are several smaller hills. The island is beautiful, with rolling grassy
hills, red cliffs with caves, and freely grazing cattle and horses.
We lunched on lobster rolls again and they were just as
delicious as yesterday. We ate them in
the café and the locals were very chatty – again reminiscent of
Newfoundland.
The sun came out, so we returned to the boat to air her out
and dry some of our wet gear from yesterday, then went out for another walk - to
the lighthouse this time. The lighthouse
was disappointing – despite signs directing tourists towards it, there was a
fence around and you couldn’t get within 100 feet. So we walked further on, in search of Wash
Pond, another famous landmark and the site of the original lighthouse. It was another beautiful walk, and we think
we found Wash Pond, but are not entirely sure since what we found had no water
in it. 
We returned to the boat, set about making sandwiches for
tomorrow’s long and potentially lumpy trip and generally getting Quinita ready
for sea again.
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