We have been in the Bahamas for a month now, and it is wonderful. We are still resting comfortably on the Land and Sea mooring ball. As it is another tropical day, I again ferried Beth to the beach and set her up on the sand with an umbrella and beach chair. I went back to the boat to do a little maintenance.
Once the tide was almost high, I retrieved Beth from the beach and again ventured out again to try and snorkel some of the reefs within the park. We motored north around the northeast end of the island, but seeing nothing of interest doubled back to the northwest. One of our neighbors had their dingy anchored on a mooring ball and we motored over to investigate. They were in the water so we looked at the “chart” from the park and were soon moored on the same buoy. We entered the water and we were immediately taken by the beauty beneath us. We were over one of the most incredible coral reefs we have ever seen, which include the Keys and Hawaii. Between the flora and fauna beneath us, I was snapping pictures as fast as the camera would reset. Completing the documentation, I just drifted with the current over urn and pipe shaped coral, with fish swimming between. We discovered schools of fish suspended over the reef, with a barracuda unmoving while lunch swam above him.
After climbing back in the dingy, always an elegant activity, we returned, stopping by Dennis and Mary’s. We popped back to our boat to retrieve some refreshments and were back at Dennis and Mary’s relating the events of our excursion. Returning to the boat, we showered the salt away, and prepared dinner and a peaceful evening, knowing that the weather was about to change, and not for the better.
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