In the morning, we went to some of the small islands near shore that were surrounded by 2 feet of water and waded around until we stumbled across a sand beach that we spent almost the rest of the day on, but dad told us that we should start moving to some other places to get farther south so that we could see more places (that was a really long sentence). So, around noon, we pulled the anchor and headed to Powell Cay. On the way there, I took a nap, and woke up just in time to see mom put down the anchor for the 3rd time. Apparently, all of the sandy spots, places we needed to anchor, had been taken by other boats, and that left us with two options. We could either set up a Bahamian anchor and hope for the best, or we could go back to Hawksbill Cay. With much reluctance (because there was the most beautiful sand beaches and great snorkeling), we headed back for Hawksbill Cay, and planned that in the morning,we would get up early (by that I mean 10:00) and go to Spanish Cay where my dad would clear customs ( at that point, we had still not cleared customs to become official "visitors" of the Bahamas). Anyways, when we got there,my dad got off the boat to clear customs, and since the captain is the only one who can leave the boat while clearing customs, Wren, mom and I fed the fish that were hiding under our boat. As soon as dad came back (Wren and I were pretty anxious by then to go and run around), we got off the boat and and discovered a pool, hot tub, showers and a long sand beach to run on with lots of crabs to catch ( although we never actually caught one). We went to the beach first, then the pool ( with occasional hot tub breaks!) and last, but not least, the showers. When we got back to the boat, we met a family that had two kids of almost the same age! Imogen, who is 5, and Franklin, who is 12. They have a sailboat and were docked right next to us, so in the morning, we had company in the pool! After lunch, we were going to another anchorage. I was sad to leave my new friends, but in the Bahamas, you are bound to see your old friends again, so we weren't too sad. We headed to a new anchorage in Powell Cay. This cool island had a long sand beach and a short hiking trail to the top of a rocky cliff. We saw a Bahamian humming bird collecting nectar from the lots of morning glories that grew freely all over the islands. That was fun. The next morning, we pulled anchor to go to Green Turtle Cay, but as we got to Green Turtle, a call on the radio from Funny Things made us continue on to the Whales. The Whales is an island that you have to go out into the ocean to get around, and the weather had to be just right, in which it was, or else you get 10 foot waves coming up over your bow. It turned out that the weather was perfect, and there wouldn't be another chance to get through until next week. Plus, there were three other boats that were going today, so we jumped on the opportunity, and skipped Green Turtle Cay altogether. The Whales was shorter than I expected. It was only an hour, and we were right next to land. We followed the other boats into Marsh Harbour. It is a little town with internet, and there are a lot of other boats here. Including Funny Things!
Life is good right about now...
Miss you all!!!
Riley
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