Lee Stocking Island

We left George Town, Great Exuma, and headed towards Lee Stocking Island. We were all sad, because George Town is the farthest south that we would ever go in the Bahamas, But now, we're headed home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited!

When we got to Lee Stocking, it was only midday, so we got out our snorkeling gear and headed out. The first thing we saw was a big Nurse Shark that was lazily swimming along the ocean floor. He didn't bother us, so my dad got out the sling and spear. By the end of the day, my dad had gotten us a meal of three flounder, a strawberry grouper and a large queen triggerfish. They were all really tasty. My mom made a fish chowder out of the grouper remains ( guts not included! ). Yum!

Yup, strawberry grouper

queen trigger fish

Tasty meal!

The next day, we decided to move the boat closer to the dinghy dock and then go for a hike. We packed up some water and headed out. The town was old biological research station that was abandoned and run-down. No one was home. A big biology lab lay on our left, and an airplane hangar, complete with a broken-up airstrip, to our right. 

Biology lab

Old fish pens

Abandoned hangar

nuts n' bolts

Airstrip

Pretty flowers

We walked along the airstrip until we came to a  path. It was really cool.The path turned and twisted until we ended up on Coconut Beach. There were a few other boaters there. 

Spider mover extraordinaire!

Armed with only a palmetto frond....

Wack!

Coconut beach

There was another steep, rocky path that led to a breath-taking overlook. There was a sign that read: Perry's Peak, highest point in the Exumas, 123 feet. It was a long way up! 

Hurry up and take the picture so we can have some water.

Ocean side view

Wren and I ran all the way down to Coconut Beach. We couldn't stop ourselves! We headed back to the dinghy with plans to go snorkeling again. Everyone was looking forward to it! It was really hot!

That night, we had grunts, peas and rice, and grouper! yummy!

Hope all is merry,

Ri to the Ley