I just want to come back as soon as possible. The communication with the host was timely and easy to follow. The cottage was easy to find, beautiful and better than described. Very clean and well maintained The property is very private and quiet, without feeling isolated. There is water access and great snorkeling, but the shoreline is iron shore and can be tricky. We were there with the full moon so there were moon jellyfish too. The property has Incredible views that match the beauty of the island. The caretakers, (the Stubb's) are just down the street and incredibly nice welcoming people that have a BBQ every Friday and Saturday.
We spent the entire 2 weeks finding yet another beautiful place for the day, watching the sunset from rainbow bay beach and spending the evening relaxing on the back deck. Favorite beaches preachers cave beach, French leave, twin cove, and Venus pools. Regarding my concerns when planning our trip: The tapwater is kinda brackish tasting but the cottage came with 2, 5 gallon water bottles that can be exchanged at big Rock. The roads were ok, just be careful when taking some of the beach roads, as some of them just disappear. Driving was strange at first, left side and there's not much shoulder, there are some potholes, also no lines, lights, or stop lights. It's a rural island with cow crossing signs too. Really no worse than any rural area. Food; Big Rock store had everything we wanted, I didn't find the food extremely expensive except for chips, cereal and prepackaged stuff. Fruit, veg, eggs local bread about the same $. Pork, chicken and beef are available, frozen. We got lobster & fish from the fishermen and (omg) fresh stone crab, though I think I broke his heart a little when he had to tell me how to cook it :) I've never seen it fresh before :) We used east&final for drinks. Beer and soda are really expensive. Liquor is cheaper but then you have to buy mixes. Wines are available. Restaurants, we didn't go to the fancy tourist ones & the cost was less than what we would pay here anyway. Shout out to Delish, excellent salads and cracked lobster, Leo rose burgers and grouper, cravings with the cinnamon rolls. The food truck by Berchers has the best wraps & cookies. The best meal, lobster cooked as instructed by the fisherman, who also took the time to teach me about lobsters :) can't say enough about how kind and gracious everyone we met were. The island, The people, even the potcakes stole my heart.