Happy Valentine’s Day, and our gift was clear skies and reduced wind, although last night we were bounced a bit because of the current and the swell pushing in from the north. After breakfast and some boat chores, we struck off south to visit some of the other parts of the island. Instead of walking, we took the dingy and motored to the places that we wanted to explore. We found some of the ruins of a former settlement and were going to continue hiking from there, but the paths were not well marked, and with no map, we thought it better to move to another spot. We travelled south to another beach, but with some rocks near the shore, we tried another beach for our landing. Once ashore we were able to explore the beach we tried to land at and the adjacent beaches. As we motored south, we saw cranes that were contructing a house. We found out later that one of the islands, Hog Cay, had been purchased and the house was being built on that island. (It is interesting that some of the islands are marked "private" on the charts, although you can anchor off the island and explore the beaches.)
We headed back to the boat and chatted with Dennis and Mary on their way back from their walk. Mary took a bit of a tumble, but only had a couple of scrapes for her tussle with the rocks. We showered and I had the generator going to charge the computer and other devices. Dennis hailed me and asked if I would pop some popcorn in our microwave; no problem, with a yahoo response from Mary. I was microwaving the ziti leftovers with some broccoli for dinner.
A beautiful sunset enveloped the anchorage, and Dennis and I broke out our conch horns to herald the sun setting. We definitely need some practice.
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