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We know that the impressive white and blue-trimmed church overlooking the harbor was built in 1849 and appears to have been in business ever since. Other buildings date from the turn of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century, so it\u2019s safe to assume people have been hanging out here for well over 150 years. It\u2019s easy to see why.<\/p>\n<p>Sitting about a third of the way up the island of Eleuthera as you head north, Tarpum Bay lies on a knee of coastline that makes for a natural shelter from the southerly winds. Hills, such as they are, run the length of the island and do a decent job buffeting winds from the Atlantic side. Our Waterways Guide said that anchoring in the Bay is poor, with rock and hard sand. Since those kinds of comments keep the riff-raff away that was good enough for us to check things out. Our blunderbuss of a hook hacks through most of what the Bahamas has to throw at it and so it did here. Libra, a sailboat sporting naked Swiss from Basel, was the only other vessel around. They\u2019d beaten us to the perfect spot, so we anchored in the second most perfect spot off their stern quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Tarpum\u2019s beach isn\u2019t the white powdery sand so often found around the islands, it\u2019s a little more interesting. Strewn with tiny broken shells and shards of shiny pink conch rubbed smooth by the tides, the soft sand lies just below the water. We pulled Nell, our erstwhile dinghy, up the beach near the working fish dock, one of the last on the island. Our objective was a bit of exercise, a bit of provisioning and a little exploration of what makes this place tick.<\/p>\n<p>Walking along the front, we waved at the lady tending bar at the Seaside Breeze restaurant, saying we\u2019d return in a bit and carried on. At the corner, we stepped into Carey\u2019s general store for a look around. Tidy and stocked with most everything we had on our list we made notes and again promised to return. Carey\u2019s is attached to a full hardware store, if only we needed a shiny new green wheelbarrow.<\/p>\n<p>Across from the store is the Tarpum Bay Primary School, home of the Tarpons. We smiled and waved at the youngsters in their blue shorts and white t-shirts all nicely lined up to go inside after games. Up a short hill we passed an empty stone keep with crenellations and a tower; clearly someone\u2019s castle was once their home.<\/p>\n<p>Lord Street parallels the front and is a mix of barren house foundations and homes with front yards filled with dilapidated trucks or stacks of old washing machines, sat next to tidy English-style seaside bungalows. There\u2019s no obvious rhyme or reason for the condition of the properties, but I\u2019m guessing that hurricanes, as much as demographics, have played a big role in shaping the town.<\/p>\n<p>Farther down we\u2019re joined on our walk by a small, blonde wirehaired terrier with rheumy eyes and a pronounced limp. We call him Little Sparky in honor of Big Sparky, a dog we once met in Mongolia. He followed us for several blocks hoping for a handout or at least a petting, but he was scruffy enough for us to be wary of fleas. Pausing for a few fresh vegetables at a small supermarket, we decided that with the afternoon wearing thin, we\u2019d better head to the dock and buy some fish before we lost the chance.<\/p>\n<p>Between the fisherfolk, two women and two men, there wasn\u2019t much choice: a grouper, a porgy, and a lion fish. We settled on the grouper. While the younger man fileted it for us, one of the women talked a length about Google\u2019s inability to answer questions in the form of full sentences, saying that it did better with a couple of words. It was a canny observation and she\u2019s right, Google\u2019s natural language processing needs work. Once the scraps of our fish had been cast to the cheeky Black Headed Gulls, we headed back to the Seaside Breeze for a swift beer before we finished our shopping.<\/p>\n<p>A large, pendulous cloud had been menacing for the past 30 minutes and it finally reached us as we sat at the outside bar. Rain poured down, filling the decorative canvas awnings and soaking everything. Twenty minutes later the sun came out, along with the humidity and mosquitoes.<\/p>\n<p>Erica, a striking woman of 43 (by her admission), who could pass for 10 years younger, talked us into the drink special of the day, three Sands beers for $9. We started chatting and she mentioned that she served the best conch salad on Eleuthera. At least, she said, no one has complained, yet! Having left her private banking career, Erica\u2019s goal now is the perfect Bahamian ceviche, complete with fresh limes, pineapple and avocado. The only problem is the ingredients take somewhere between a human gestation of 9 months for the avocados and elephant\u2019s 18 months for the pineapples to grow. So she&#8217;s settled on imported ingredients for now.\u00a0 You should try the conch salad. It\u2019s really very good, Erica said. Sure! We\u2019ll give a try.<\/p>\n<p>Her chef was already busy making a salad for another customer which gave us a chance to watch his process. His skills belied his young years. He minced the conch and other ingredients quickly, then piled everything into a dish lined with pineapple and garnished with a slice of orange. It looked much better than that sounds. Erica mopped up the rain as we tucked into the fresh conch with tidbits of pineapple, avocado, apple, and onion that sweetened the tart lime. As we ate, we listened as she discussed local politics with another customer, himself a tall, slim gentleman wearing a bright orange Nike t-shirt and an olive drab cap with the word \u2018HASH\u2019 stitched across the front of it.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out politics in the Bahamas, just like the USofA, is all local. The government was busy raising taxes, but the revenue was going to Nassau, not the outlying islands, whose needs were just as great. Erica and her interlocutor agreed that paying taxes was okay so long as the benefits accrued locally. Plus \u00e7a change\u2026<\/p>\n<p>By now we were convinced this was not only the best conch we\u2019d had, fresh, fried, or otherwise, but one of the best salads ever. No complaints? Erica asked. No complaints! we replied.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out the world is small, Erica\u2019s son is studying at the University of Utah and spending the summer playing for the Cowlitz Black Bears, a West Coast collegiate baseball team located just north of Portland. Mom and son are optimistic about bigger things baseball-wise.<\/p>\n<p>With that we paid our meagre bill. Then with hearts full of hope for a reenergized Tarpum Bay community, starting with the Seaside Breeze as a worthy draw for tourists and cruisers alike, we finished our shopping and headed back to Aleta. As we motored out, we looked back at the town and reflected that, although we\u2019d had the place almost to ourselves, wouldn\u2019t it be great if the Bay had been full of cruisers spending their money, too?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s not much history on the sleepy settlement of Tarpum Bay. 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