Night on the town!

Ed and I decided to make it a night on the town, so we invited Sandra and Hank to join us at Mackey Sand Bar, part of the Bimini Sands Resort on South Bimini.  We left the marina and headed to the ferry, which is a 5 minute, 150 yard ferry ride ($2 per person) to South Bimini Island.  Then there is a "Partridge Family" bus that comes from the Bimini Sands Resort and picks you up from the ferry stop. It takes you through the bumpy, pot hole dirt road 3 miles to the end of the island and the bar/restaurant.  The one story building is all that is left from the original resort that was destroyed by Hurricane Wilma in 2005. A new resort has since been rebuild at the other end of the island. The island itself is sparsly populated, but is slowly being developed.  There is an airport, two small convenience stores, a liquor store and a launderette.  There are no churches or schools, so the residents must come on the ferry to North Bimini to attend these.

 Back to Mackey's Sand Bar, it is the newest hot spot, having an all sand floor, eight flat screen televisions, a private beach and pool outside the bar.  On Wednesdays and Fridays, they have Happy Hour with $1.50 beer and $3 mixed drinks --- a real deal on the island!  Also Karaoke is held, staring at 9:00 pm, but you must remember, you are on island time and we left the bar at 10:30 and they were still getting ready, but after losing part of our hearing, we decided to leave for our trip back. You can get "bar food" at  the bar, hamburgers, wings, fries, etc. or go into the dining room which we did and have an excellent upscale Bahamian dinner.  It was just great!

The views are breathtaking as the bar/restaurant is surrounded by water on three sides and the pretty lighted outdoor pool is on the other!  Overall it was a great night with great food and better friends Hank and Sandra.