The Park and on...

Sunset and silhouetted rocks before the storm!

We stayed 3 nights in Exuma Park and exploring in the dinghy. Bill did get into the water and we went up to the headquarters several times for the book exchange, internet, shopping :-0
We dinghied south along Wardrick Wells to Turtle Beach where we found the trail to hike to the east side of the island to Captive Beach.
Capive Beach and Hogg Cay across.

The view into the sound between Wardrick and Hog Cay was amazing. Blues and greens and rocks across with water shooting through a cave from the Atlantic reallyExuma Sound side of Hog. There are lots of Cays called Hog as think the early travelers and farmers here put their hogs out and just left them until they needed meat then went to hog Cay and got it!

The Well!

We walked back through a part of the island called Pirates lair which was a flat place hidden in the trees with a natural well where the pirates who hide their ships in the Hog cay anchorage hung out and got fresh water! Some specific evidence they have found in the plants around the well as when the pirates shook out their blankets to sleep seeds fell out from other parts of the world and grew!
On Captive beach!
Bill had a quick dip at turtle beach after our walk.
We left the park mid day Friday and went south to Sampson cay where we are anchored in a sheltered Harbor not far from the marina here. We went in to do some shopping just needed a few things like bread, fruit, eggs. After we found out one loaf of bread was $9.00 we didn't ask much more. Had dinner at the restaurant that night at the marina, and thought we were going to get the fresh lobster we saw them cleaning outside, but think they were frozen tails just so so, disappointing and of course expensive. Oh well maybe we will get fresh lobster someplace and just cook it ourselves!
Sunday we went exploring in the dinghy by Over Yonder Cay and Pipe Creek. So lovely and quiet. Some amazing homes there and being built. One with 3 huge windmills to provide power!
There is a very narrow rocky cut at the end of the island to get out to the sound. We may not try this one!
See the cut on the right! Lots of current too!
We will be here in this lovely protected place until Friday as a front is blowing through with rain and winds up to 40 knots. We are sitting tight, reading, knitting, napping, doing small projects, playing on the internet :-),watching boats scurry around and big ships coming and going. A defense force boat came in late last night dodging the sailboats and trawlers tucked into the harbor lights flashing...very dramatic entrance. This was a ferry late Sunday afternoon.
All is well on Wind Spirit!