Abaco

Summer can't get here soon enough this year, especially if it brings with it more summer savings like the ones currently available at The Green Turtle Club.

The Abaco Islands often star in my dreams about returning to The Bahamas. Lately, those dreams have centered on South Abaco and the Sandpiper Inn.

This is morning in the Abacos. Specifically, this is what morning looks like when your sailing the Abacos and anchored off Elbow Cay near Tahiti Beach.

I kept a steady pace while running along Bay Street in Great Abaco enjoying scenic seascapes as I went. The scene above, though, stopped me in my tracks.

I don't know what these islets are called. I didn't get a chance to tie up at either of them during my last visit to the Abaco Islands a few years ago.

If someone were to press me for a list of my favorite beaches, the singular sands of Tahiti Beach would be high on the list. Here, near the southern tip of Elbow Cay in the Abacos, sparkling waters lap against brilliant sands under the warm Bahamian sun.

This place truly and fully embodies the local axiom: Slow down, you're in Hope Town.

In name alone, private islands suggest remoteness, isolation; a true escape far, far away from it all. Not everyone can get down with that, of course.

A stop at tiny Lubbers Quarters Cay is a must when boating about the Abacos.