Day 6 in the Exumas Land and Sea Park dawned sunny and breezy as was to be expected. Beth and I took a ride to one of the northern beaches that we had seen a couple of days prior, but when we turned into the channel, we were met by some 3 foot waves. Not good in a little 10 foot dingy with 12 inch sides. We turned around and I once again got to surf down the waves in the dingy again, the only surfing I’ve done in the Bahamas. (I have looked at some spots that had potential, but it was either too small or too rocky or populated with sea urchins.)
We headed back to the park headquarters and then hiked down the Causeway Trail again. On the way we passed a tannish snake sunning itself. Given that we do not know what snakes are poisonous here, we gave it a wide berth. We hiked across the Causeway Bridge and walked down by the water to some of the beaches. In all we found several beaches that look out over Emerald Rock. We hiked back to the top of Hutia Hill and then made the return trip.
Once back at the boat, Beth took a nap while I went to chat with Dennis. While we were discussing “world affairs”, a small sea plane landed to the south of us and cruised up through the southern entrance. Excitement in the sea park. The plane parked near the beach where we park our dingy when going ashore, and deposited its two passengers. The park ranger showed up, but clearly this was a usual event. Within a half hour the plane departed, not much time for wondering around the park.
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