Karen made an arrangement with Henry to take us on a Tour of the Island, and so early Monday morning, with little wind we hoisted our StaSail, for which at long last the Roller Furler and Foils had been repaired, and then we used the StaSail to sail the few miles south to Matthew Town. We anchored just out of the Harbor.
Inside the SUV we were 3 up front and back
The Pan is left for 3 to 6 months, and they monitor the depth with strategically placed sticks with measurements marked on them. Some Pans and they get lower exhibit a pinkish color.
We stopped to watch the Salt gathering process. A Grader drives scraping up side mounds of Salt, like they do with snow
Then a machine drives over the mounds and sucks up the Salt simultaneously pouring it into dump trucks
Karen picked up some Salt and you can see how coarse it is
Unfortunately the Morton Salt Works no longer allow tours inside the facility, so we drove around their fence peering in
This is fresh sea water and the clarity is amazing. Mangroves growing all around
The water flows into the Morton Plant and is used for the Salt Pans, and they make a very concentrated Salt water solution from this fresh water which is used to ‘wash’ the salt from the Pans prior to loading on the ships
Big ship, which loads via the conveyor belt in about 24 hours and then ships to the USA for final processing and packaging
Next on our Tour is to see the Flamingo birds, which is in the Inagua National Park. Here is Henry our Tour Guide
The roads in the National Park are far narrower than around the Salt Pans and we had trees slapping on and into the windows
Some of the scenery was Outlandish
Our next stop was at a small grocery store so that Jenny could buy cigarettes as she had 1 pack left….I bought bananas, and Karen a few fresh produce too
Looking out of a picturesque window
We’re all exhausted and we walked the 100m to the Lighthouse Restuarant for Rum Punches, Kalik, and Curried chicken with sides for lunch
Back aboard our boats, the anchorage at Matthew Town is horrible so we upped anchor and sailed north about 10 miles to the Man O War Bay
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