Exumas

EXUMAS

The crossing over to the Exumas was beautiful and we anchored that first night on the Southern tip of Norman’s Cay near the plane crash.  We were able to get Chicken Hawk up for some great pictures of Inked Mermaid and Journey anchored together.  We did not venture over to the plane crash, but the story goes that the old US Army Air Forces Custiss C-46 was filled with cocaine when it landed short of the runway.  Other stories say this is not true, yet this island is known as Pablo Escobar’s island.  One highlight of this anchorage was watching a sea plane land for tourist to see the plane crash and the spectacular sunset our first in the exumas where the water is so pretty and blue!

The Next morning we off for a beautiful ride down to Black Point, one of our favorite places in the  Exumas.  This was a perfect day on the water and we enjoyed the trip anchoring before another beautiful sunset.  We are ready to explore our old haunting grounds here.  

First up is a short hike to Nisimo’s Blow Hole which is over on the eastern side of the islands along the cliffs.  We got some great pictures and saw the Blowhole blow!  We enjoyed exploring the beach area looking for some shells and sea glass.  As well as exploring the rock caves which made for some great photo opts.  The walk back gives us a great look over the anchorage and the sandbar.


We head up to Emerald Sunset View - proof we have been there before is our old boat card on the wall.  We also get a our first Sands pink rattler - my favorite!  When we return to LeaAnn we find her beached.  Opps.  Dee and I are out of practice.  Rick and Christi return us to Journey where we wait out the tide and head back before sunset to retrieve her from the beach, but the good news we have Mama’s Coconut Bread!


Watching the wildlife around the docks is a great past time here especially when doing laundry or watching the unloading of the mailboat.  Quite a Site!  We finish up our time here with a Happy Hour filled with Rum Punch at the Black Point Yacht Club.  We are headed to the Ragged Islands and excited about this new adventure in the Bahamas.  Check out Inked Mermaid heading into the Ragged Waters….