Moving From Norman Cay in the Exumas to Clifton Bay in New Providence Island, The Bahamas

Dawn on Wednesday, March 25, 2026

And the sunrise.

Eric and Christi both slept poorly because the snubber was making a lot of noise throughout the night. The smell of trash burning was strong this morning, just as it had been yesterday evening. We’d intended to leave early, but were off to a slow start didn’t leave pull up anchor until about 0930. The blue dot on the map was Norman Cay (where we left from) and the red dot was the anchorage we went to.

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Snorkeling The Aquarium and Transiting to Norman Cay, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

continued... We quickly got the dinghy down, got the snorkeling gear out of the lazarette, suited up and hopped into the dinghy. Here was a shot of the rock called The Aquarium.

There were moorings on the southwest side of the rock, which was the main snorkeling area. We attached to the mooring, which already had several other dinghies on it, and hopped in.

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Staniel Cay to The Aquarium (next to O’Brien Cay), Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

Sunrise on Tuesday, March 24

First thing this morning, we went to the airport to say goodbye to Tiki Tour’s guest, Angela (who was going home) and their crew member, Keira (who was going on a short trip). They unloaded the luggage at the dock, but we weren’t allowed to leave our dinghies on the dock, so we beached them and walked over to the airport.

Group shot before they boarded the plane.

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Keith’s Perspective on Another Week in the Exumas/Le point de vue de Keith sur une nouvelle semaine aux Exumas

Friday, March 14 – Saturday, March 20 — This week has been fun. On Saturday, Dad made French toast for breakfast. We took the dinghy to town with Fynn. We had lunch at the yacht club and got groceries. After we got back, we did D&D at March Dragon. 

Cette semaine était amusante. Samedi, papa a cuisiné du Pain Perdu. Nous sommes allés au village avec Fynn. Nous avons mangé au yacht club, puis fait des courses. Quant nous sommes retournés, j’ai joué à D&D avec March Dragon. 

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Keith’s Perspective on His Birthday Week/Le point de vue de Keith sur la semaine de son anniversaire

Saturday, March 7 – Friday, March 13 — This week has been fun. On Saturday, we taught March Dragon and the boy from Driftwood, Jake, how to play D&D. In the evening we went over to Traveler. On Sunday, Tiki Tour anchored in a different part of Staniel. We did a D&D session with March Dragon, then all the teens (including Tiki) went over to the beach. 

Cette semaine était amusante. Samedi, on a appris D&D à a March Dragon et au garçon de Driftwood, Jake. Dans la soirée, nous sommes allés sur Traveler. Dimanche, Tiki Tour s’est ancré  dans une autre partie de Staniel. On a fait une session de D&D avec March Dragon, puis tous les ados sont allés à la plage. 

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