Hike to the Monument

Today we took a short dinghy ride to the beach next to our anchorage. It is apparently called Hamburger Beach after a colorful building that was once a hamburger stand, now closed due to storm damage. We had heard there were hiking trails to beaches on the other side of the island and to the monument on the hill. We set off on a trail but ended up in what looked like the property of a private residence. We returned to the beach and asked some people there about the trails. They directed us farther down the beach by the hamburger stand. We saw Jean and Michael behind us so waited for them. It took an hour of walking up and down then back up again on steep, narrow, very sketchy trails. A couple sections hugged the edges of cliffs. Finally, we made it to the monument. The views were beautiful. We all decided to take the trails down to the beach on the return trip. Down to the beach, along the beach and then back up across the island on a different trail. The return trip was just
15 minutes! We ended up right where George had thought we were in someone's yard when we started out. Low and behold there was a tiny sign that said "trail". We had completely missed it. We all had our bathing suits on so took a refreshing, well-deserved swim.