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Hiking on Hawksbill Cay, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

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Tuesday, December 23, 2025 continued… At 1300, we went to shore to go on a hike to the ocean side of the island with three other families. We landed the dinghy on the beach. As we started on the trail, one of the other kids asked Keith why he wasn’t wearing a swimsuit since they were going swimming in the ocean. Eric volunteered to go back to Kosmos for Keith’s swim suit. He said he’d be a few minutes behind us. This was the trailhead.

The group followed the narrow hiking rail. The foliage all along the trail was a bit overgrown, but the trail was marked with debris along the way so we knew we were on the correct path. Being a limestone island, the ground all along the way was uneven and dotted with erosion holes. The hike up was mostly through spindly trees.

Being that it was a tiny island, it was a relatively short hike up to the peak in the center of the island.

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Moving to Hawksbill Cay, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

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Dawn on Monday, December 22, 2025

When we woke up, it was overcast and the wind screaming. Much to our relief, the charter boat moved early in the morning, so at least we didn’t have to worry about them dragging and hitting us. The anchorage was rolly and uncomfortable, so Eric put out the starboard flopper stopper, which helped dampen the motion. That said, the motion made all three of us kind of grouchy. Even though it was rolly where we were, it was much worse on the north side, so we were glad we moved yesterday instead of waiting until today. Rain was in the forecast.

As soon as Keith finished his school work, he went to Zimovia to hang out with the kids. He stayed there for 7 hours. They played outside on the deck for the majority of the time.

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Moving to the South Side of Shroud and Back to The Washing Machine

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Sunday, December 21, 2025 — Given how shallow the northern Shroud anchorage was, we could only move at high tide. The wind was forecast to shift tomorrow, so we had been planning to move tomorrow morning at high tide. Much to our dismay, we woke up to find that the wind shift had already begun… and it was already high tide. We had to either move right then or stay for another day while the anchorage became increasingly uncomfortable. In good news, it looked like southern Shroud would provide good protection, so we didn’t need to move far. The purple dot was where we anchored on northern Shroud, the blue dot where we anchored in southern Shroud, and the red dot was The Washing Machine.

The rest of the flotilla also moved to southern Shroud. Since it was such as short ride in protected waters, we towed the dinghy, which was something we rarely did.

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The Washing Machine at Shroud Cay, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

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Saturday, December 20, 2025 continued — Tiki Tour caught up to us and passed us near the sandbar, which was not far from the rendezvous spot at the mouth of the ocean. The sandbar and mouth were in the background of the photo.

The mouth.

Shortly after we beached our dinghies, the rest of the flotilla arrived. The kids quickly split up into smaller groups based on common interests. The group Keith went with mostly swam. Another group was playing ball on the beach.

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