Mar 17th – It was a cool sunny day with
moderate winds. We decided to move today
and traveled 41 miles from Nassau to an anchorage in Highbourne Cay in the
Exumas. The winds were from the NE and
we were heading SE thus we had large waves hitting us on our beam. And guess what … yes the boat is covered in
salt again … darn! The water is
beautiful here and this anchorage is much busier than I expected. A matter of fact we’ve been told that a
number of the Northern Exuma anchorages are extremely busy. I expected that there would be very few boats
in the Exumas. Knowing this we’ll have
to ensure that we have a Plan A, B and C just in case we find no room in our
first choice anchorage. A Gold Looper
came over to invite the 4 Loopers (including us) that we are travelling with to
their boat for cocktails which we’ve scheduled for tomorrow. We got together on “Relax Now” for a
community dinner and talked about our next move.
Mar 18th – It was a warm and sunny
day. We decided to stay another day at
our Highbourne Cay Anchorage. We went
for a dingy ride with the other Loopers to check out the anchorages, beaches
and marina nearby. Afterwards we headed
for one of the beaches and it turned out to be a great beach day. Brian, Lee and I went snorkeling while the
others just relaxed on the beach. I saw
all kinds of brightly colored fish around some coral heads plus I found a great
sand dollar on the bottom. Lee
accidentally lost his boat keys while he was snorkeling and luckily they were
on a floating key ring. A few of us ran
around in our dingys and Brian found them floating north of the beach. And guess what … Maria went swimming! And you know what that means … the water is
warm at 75 degrees F. At 5pm we joined a
Gold Looper on their boat for cocktails and they provided us with all kinds of
good information on the Exumas. Tomorrow
we plan to head farther south since the winds will be shifting towards the NW. When it got dark one of the mega ships anchored with us put on an Exxxcellent fireworks display ... Only in the Exumas!
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| Police Officer in Nassau ... He must be Hot! |
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| All kinds of Conch shells for sale in the Straw market |
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| Notice the Cruise ships in the background in Nassau |
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| I think this guy needs a new wardrobe! |
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| One of the mega yachts anchored close to us |
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| Who wants to go swimming with the nurse sharks! |
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| OMG - Maria is in the water! |
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| This mega yacht has a water slide and the boat beside it is his dingy |
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| Aqua-Fennatic in the Exumas |
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| Highbourne Cay in the Exumas |
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| Exuma beach time |
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| Highbourne Cay anchorage |
The water looks gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWe called and talked to Don today as we found out he just got of the hospital. Turns out he has not been well since you guys left. First they thought it was a Urinary Tract infection. Then kidney stones. Turned out it was a compressed vertebrae. He described pain just like I used to have and was sleeping in a chair like I did. He had surgery. Different procedure then mine. They just had a couple tiny holes that they used to fill the compressed vertebrae T11 with what he called cement. i am sure it was a different substance. lol. He was in the hospital for 10 days as the surgery schedule kept getting cancelled because of his medical insurance. At first they want to fly him back and have surgery in Toronto. But it finally got sorted out. He will be about 6 weeks recovering. Everyone there is taking turns coming over and helping to look after him. He said the hospital was like staying at 4 star resort.
Thanks for the update. We'll reach out to him to wish him well.
DeleteHi Mike. My wife and I have been fallowing your blog with great interest since we are going to do the same in a few years. Good friends Sheila and Terry Chadwick gave us the link. Maybe we can pick your brain over a cold one at Big Cheif one day when you return.
ReplyDeleteSafe travels and say hello to the swimming pigs in the Exumas.
Sounds like a plan ... I'll trade information for cold beers anytime. See my most recent post for the swimming pigs ... we said hi for you :)
DeleteHello Mike and Marie, We were just reading your blog and wanted to wish you guys all the best. Our company from Calgary just left today and I already miss the fantastic cooking that Paul prepared daily for us. We had a ball golfing and boating. We were out at Cabbage Key yesterday and it was packed with many many boaters. We took in Stump Pass today for lunch and it has been completely redone. Planning a Tarpon fishing week in April before coming home in late April. Looks like you are having a great time. All the best. Jim & Liz
ReplyDeleteThanks Jimmy! We miss you guys and we hope Don is feeling better. Please say Hi to everyone for us. We'll see you back in Canada in the summer.
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