Hi to all! After having a wonderful time with our friends Ric and Rose, we pulled up anchor from Long Island and made a short trip to Hog Cay... It is a private island, beautiful, with it's own little airstrip,etc... We anchored just offshore from it for a pleasant nites stay... I snorkeled a little, but not much to see other than beautiful white sand beneath us.... The next morning we were headed towards Cat Island, but some friends on Escargot radioed us and talked us into heading towards Conception first... So glad we did... It is a beautiful, protected island.. You can not take anything off of it, supposedly not even shells... It had more birds than I had seen before, I think due to the fact it must have a fresh water source on it... Our first nite at anchorage Mr. Lemon Shark paid us a visit....and on the way in to find anchorage two porpoises were hanging out .. I still have not been able to capture a really good pic of them.. they are so fast to come up and back down in the water... but one of these days...I'll get them! The next day the wind really picked up and was quite choppy.. just stayed on the boat and read... The next day we took the dinghy out for a little exploration.. Conception has inland creeks that you can venture into at the right tide time and see turtles.. but it was low tide at the time we were there and could not get in... So, we went around to the North end of the island and landed dinghy on shore.. Wow.. once we climbed the little trail, the other side was just breathtaking! Beautiful beach and water and stone outcrops... One stone face looked just like a running horse! We named it Running Horse Rock!!!!! also got a pic of a little tiny crab.. so small, it fit inside of Dwayne's wedding band! I will attach the pics... We also found several healthy patches of pursling, something like a green bean.. if you soak it , it's pretty good!! The island was also covered with little baby palm trees.. Dwayne wants to find one and put it in a pot and mount if to the upper deck on the SeaVeyor...I think it would be very novel!!! We just might do it one day...
On Sunday, March 28th, we pulled anchor and moved on to Cat Island.. We crossed over the Tartar Bank along the way.. Supposedly, this area is awesome for fishing.. Dwayne put out both Penn reels.. but alas, no luck... Everyone we talk with says it's been an awful year for fishing in the Bahamas.... WE AGREE! Oh well... we made anchorage by 2pm and Blue Blazes, Anastasia, and Bees Knees came in behind... All came over to SeaVeyor for sundowners...Had a wonderful time for boat stories,etc..
The next morning brought strong winds again.. stayed on SV and did chores, etc... water very choppy... just before sunset, Dwayne noticed that a small wooden dinghy had swamped on the beach... the boater came back shortly and managed to get the water out and put it in, but his motor would not crank.. so he was using the oars to try to get back to his sailboat..(very choppy seas) Dwayne decided to help him out, put our dinghy in and ran over to give him a pull.. and the clown decided he didn't want any help and would be fine.. So, Dwayne got soaked for nothing... but it was still the right thing to do!
The next day we were able to dinghy ashore and met up with Blue Blazes, Bees Knees, and Anastasia.. Had lunch at Grammy's... we all ordered cheeseburgers.. but not sure what the burger part was.. mystery meat.. Ha!! Afterwards, we hiked up to Father Jerome's Hermitage.. It sits on the highest land mass in the Bahamas.. So much history... He hand built it along with the Stations of the Cross that you pass along the climb up... I will attach pics, etc.. He lived a very simplistic life. Makes one reflect much, especially this time of year , Easter Week... As we explored the Hermitage and the grounds around it, we found a path that led to a cave... Had to run Mr. Snake out first ( just a little guy ) and then Dwayne went in and looked around..
The next morning we headed out for Little San Salvador... It is also a private island owned by the Holland Cruise Ship line.. When we arrived, no cruise ship, a beautiful anchorage.. A 100ft motor yacht ( with a 50 ft. Sportfish, as tender) was also anchored... wonderful evening again.. The next morning I looked out and right behind us was the Holland Cruise ship.. HUGE!!!!! They had their island ferrys come over and offload their passengers for a day stop to use all the water toys, etc....
Next morning, we headed off for Eleuthera
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