Savannah Bay/Junks Hole

Savannah Bay shown in this photograph is located on the eastern end of the island. It forms the middle third of a crescent  beach which begins as the oddly named Junks Hole and ends as Little Bay. Pond Ground Beach, would probably have been a more apt name for the entire sandy strip which for hundreds of years has been the playing ground of a people originally resident in Junks Hole, forced to resettle their homes further south but never really left the shores.  

The walk started along the pond to the base of a covered dune through which we would pass only in a single file. Before we would break through the trees, the sound of waves and the smell of the air hinted of what was on the other side, Savannah Bay. It's where I saw my first turtle, sun fish, shark and cray fish. Hurricanes hundreds of miles off shore would make their presence known on this beach and helped to imprint ever lasting memories of little boys flipping big waves. Friendships formed on the roads to and from savannah transcend any others.  So the next time you venture "way up in di east" keep going and spend a few moments on a beach ripe in history. 
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