Day 154, Saturday November 23

Day 154, Saturday November 23

Julie stuffed into wet suit

We got up and prepared for our sailing trip to Manjack Cay which is only about 5 miles to the north.  Today is supposed to be a beautiful sunny day and then tomorrow a cold front with 30 knot winds is returning.  We have a fabulous sail north and anchor far enough from shore that the no see em bugs won’t bother us.  We hop in the kayaks and go visit Comocean to find out when they want to start our snorkelling adventure.  We decide on 1:00 so we head across the bay in our kayaks for some exploring.  Julie is thrilled with these inflatable kayaks.  They are so simple to load and unload off the boat, getting into them is a piece of cake and they manoever just fine.  They also have a viewing window so we can keep an eye out for neat things to see.  We kayak a couple miles then head back to the mothership for lunch in time for Toby and Joanne to pick us up for the great snorkelling adventure.

 

Dawson readying dinghy anchor

The snorkel grounds were closeby.  We saw at least 25 fish species, and some neat plant life too at an old wreck that was in just 3-10 feet depth.  After the snorkel on the way back to the dinghy Dawson spotted a ray.  Well that seemed kind of cool so we went over to look.  Dawson is pointing out the eyes, and all I see is 2 darker spots about 6 inches by 3 inches each, then I realize those are the eyes.  My goodness this ray was laying on bottom in 3 feet of clear water at Dawson’s feet.  The ray had to be 3 to 4 feet across and the tail reached about 5 feet behind it, absolutely huge.  It was freaky so we got in the dinghy and watched it from above vs. standing beside it.  From the dinghy we also spotted a turtle surface 2 times in about 10 feet of water, but we were unable to locate it and watch it in the water.

We headed back to the mothership to rinse away all the salt in our wet suits and melons.  Freshwater is precious and we still had some rainwater left to use.  We decided to wear our farmer john’s (wet suits) because we were chilled last time we went snorkelling.  It was much better and even felt safer having the wet suit on, in case of scraping against the wreck.  We relaxed reading as the sun started to fade, but headed over to Comocean for sunset and dinner. 

Dinner was followed by dominoes and then bridge.  The women dominated.  Julie was the domino champ and Joanne took the bridge trophy for the night.

Cheers

Julie and Dawson