The Beauty of Nature

The next day we decided to move on.  We motored down the bank side past Farmer’s Cay through Galliot cut.  There wasn’t a lot of wind and it was near slack tide so it was an easy out.  We actually got to put up both sails and sailed to Adderly Cut and anchored off of Leaf Cay with First Edition.  

He does have pretty coloring!

Arleen feeding the many iguanas.

 We went by dinghy to see the iguanas on the beach.  There were at least 15 – 20 of them waiting for a hand out which was cabbage and crackers.  The waters seem warmer this year so I took a swim off the boat. 

Bahamian Sea Life done except for the edge.

After dinner I finished hooking my “Bahamian Sea Life” rug.  Now all I have to do is find someone with a sewing machine so I can zigzag the edges and turn them under to finish with cording and yarn.  Hopefully, someone on a boat in Georgetown will have a sewing machine. 

One of the steeper spots!

We motored only 3 miles to our next anchorage.  It is probably one of my top five places I liked from the last trip.  It is called “Twin Beaches.”  Our first expedition was to hike to the highest point in the Exumas which gave us some great views. 

Perry's Peak the highest spot in the Exumas.

             

  

Then coming back there was no wind so it made for great underwater looking from the dinghy.  I got pictures of a hermit crab, starfish,  barracuda and the rays from the dinghy.

Hermit crab underwater along the shore line.

Star fish from dinghy in about 7 foot of water.

A ray at about the same depth.

Barracuda, a bit faster to catch a picture

Rays gathered together.

Deep hole- wonder what lives there?

 We never saw rays gather together in one area like we saw.  We don’t know if there was some sort of food there or some mating habit.  When we got back to the boat we noticed this deep dark hole next to our boat.  We have no idea what lived in there, and we were not going to try to find out.

Al getting into it also!

After lunch we walked across to the sound side to find sea glass.  Lynn and I love doing that but even Peter and Al got into it too.  It was a great afternoon with a shared dinner on First Edition to end the day. 

Peter and Lynn capturing the treasured sea glass!

First Edition early morning.

Our view of First Edition midday with no wind.

First Edition at sunset!

       

You can see from the photos I took of First Edition how the day changes from morning, to afternoon with no wind, to evening sunset, all having their own special beauty.