Destinations
San Salvador
When we last left off we were in Long Island waiting for weather to cross to Conception. We made it to Conception and had a wonderful few days there. Conception Island is part of the Bahamas National Trust, equal to a national park back home, and it is beautiful. From Conception we motor sailed to … Continue reading
Departing
We went for a long hike yesterday. We walked north along the Queen’s Highway, took a right at utility pole 108 and hiked across the island to the eastern shore, it was a great workout. We took the dinghy to this protected basin in the northeast corner of the bay: The view looking east from … Continue reading
Flashback
South of Ragged Island we found a decent cell signal which enables us to upload pictures. These are pictures of our arrival in the Jumentos. We anchored at Water Cay, sat through 30 hours of crappy weather and a pesky sea turtle, then south to Flamingo Cay, Low Water Harbor at Buena Vista Cay, … Continue reading
Long Island
Georgetown (Exuma) is a nice place, plenty to see and do, but we get the urge to leave pretty quickly. A couple of days ago we pulled anchor bright and early, rode an outgoing tide out the south end of the harbor and a few hours later dropped anchor in Thompson Bay Long Island. We … Continue reading
Catsup
After leaving the Staniel Cay (key) area we headed south to one of our favorite spots, Lee Stocking Island. LSI used to be home to the Perry Institute’s Caribbean Marine Research Center. The CMRC has been closed for several years now and their website has not been updated. www.perryinstitute.org We spoke with the caretaker who … Continue reading