Bahamas Pictures!

We have a little under 2 hours and 65 MB left on our internet allowance, so you get one more quick blog and a few of our (hundreds of) pictures.  Yay!

Last night we gathered on the beach with the other cruisers for the weekly "happy hour".  Everyone brings munchables and beverages of choice and just hangs out for a while.  It was great to talk to new people and people we already knew.  Good times!  And a gorgeous sunset!  (Though we forgot to take the camera ashore, so you don't get to see it.)

This morning, we headed out on the trails to explore the island.  And explore we did!  We left before 10:00 this morning and got back a little before 2:00.  We were exhausted!!!  We hiked up and down hills, across beaches, through trees and bushes.  It was a solid 2-hour hike down to the other end of the island and the "Pirate's Lair".  It was really just a clearing.  A lot of work for not much reward.  Then we had to come back.  We managed to take different trails all the way back.  And the views were absolutely gorgeous, but we were so hot and tired we didn't enjoy them as much as we should have.  I think our general opinion was that the trails on Hawksbill Cay were easier and the vistas just as nice.  And we might be done with hiking for a while.

If we recover enough, we might go snorkeling at some coral heads down by Emerald Rock later.  If not, we'll go for a dip here at the boat to cool off.  Then solar showers! 

And now, the reason you're here, pictures!  (My camera is on the fritz, so some of the pictures have black corners.  Don't know why, but the lens isn't opening all the way or something.  It's an old camera.)

Little Harbour Cay, home of Flo's Conch Bar

Alice Mae in front of Flo's

Sunset at Little Harbour Cay

Cold front moving in at Little Harbour

Storm clouds on that cold front

Popup storm cloud at West Bay

Life on a Tilt!  Sailing to Highborne Cay and the Exumas

Anchored at Highborne Cay.  So crowded!

Sharks at Highborne Cay Marina

Beach on the east side of Highborne Cay

Trevor's first fish!

Queen Triggerfish.  So delicious!

Trevor!  We were exploring Norman's Cay

Cap'n Rumslinger herself

Hawksbill Cay.  Unbelievably beautiful all over the island.

Trevor on the beach at Hawksbill Cay

One of the vistas hiking on Hawksbill.

Aw gosh!  We're so happy to be hiking on Hawksbill.

Cap'n does love a beach

Sunset at Hawksbill Cay.  It was a particularly good one.

Overlooking the north mooring field at Warderick Wells.

Earendil chilling out on a mooring ball.

Hiking to the Pirate's Lair.  We were still fairly fresh at this point.

Rocky shores on Warderick Wells.

One of the many gorgeous beaches on Warderick Wells.

Our plans from here are to mosey south.  Tomorrow we aim for the Sea Aquarium down by Obrien Cay.  Eventually we'll make it to Sampson Cay to restock our supplies.  Then Staniel Cay so we can see the Thunderball Grotto!  And down to Black Point, where everyone is just super happy to be living in paradise.  Timelines are vague, as are end destinations.  We're just enjoying it as we go.