Our visas have expired and we’re Florida bound. However, as we approach international waters we hear the Bahamian Defense Force is not letting boats leave the Bimini harbor. Do we stay here as illegal aliens? Or make a run for it as international fugitives!?
We can see the writing on the wall, it’s time to make our way back to Florida before the Bahamas truly locks down! We check things off our list, one last mahi-mahi, one last shark, one last shore explore, one last snake(!), one last beautiful anchorage!
We spent a couple nights at Shroud Cay, but we made the most of our time by exploring several mangrove canals and seeing lots of sea turtles! The views were incredible, I’d count this as one of the prettiest places we’ve been, but of course it is – it’s in the Land and Sea Park!
I’m really excited to share this blog post. We finally made it to the aquarium! It was everything. No snorkeling in my life will ever compare. Plus, a wild encounter with a barracuda! And then we explored Rachel’s Bubbles, a natural “bubble bath” rock formation that is absolutely gorgeous!
We explored Staniel Cay more fully, including another round of snorkeling at Thunderball Grotto! We saw more and more nurse sharks, until finally we saw a literal pile of them. A PILE! I know you don’t believe me, so you’ll have to see the photos!
Our stop in Black Point was mainly about fixing the dinghy, but we ran into so many friends here as well! Unfortunately, this is the last time we can be so cavalier about hanging out with people, we’re starting to distance ourselves in anticipation of arriving back in Florida.
As soon as we leave Georgetown, the land of easy problem solving, we start having issues with our dinghy motor. We persevere because we’re so excited to explore Darby Castle, ruins that were previously owned by a suspected Nazi sympathizer during WWII. This is the creepiest blog post I’ve ever written, we had fun exploring the ruins but I’ve never been so happy to get back to the dinghy!
We skipped a lot of the Exumas to get to Georgetown for the regatta. We spent regatta week attending events and meeting lots of new people! We had a lot of fun there, but we also had a lot of bad weather while we were there. How do we feel about Georgetown? Read today’s post and find out!
I thought I’d go in a more entertaining direction for today’s post! Landlubbers will read this and laugh, but sailors will read this and cry! That’s right, it’s Murphy’s Laws of Sailing! You thought it couldn’t go wrong? It can and it will!
The weather forces us to change our plans a few times, but we make the most of it by hitting up a popular snorkel destination, Thunderball Grotto. It’s everything the guidebooks say and more! We saw a huge variety of fish, we snorkeled in the cavern, and we finished off a big day by watching the grotto’s namesake James Bond film!