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Welcome to Big Major/Staniel Cay, Exuma Islands, Bahamas — And Pig Beach

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Sunday, April 27 — We got up at 0530 and untied from the dock at 0630, just as the sun was beginning to rise. It was high tide. Today was the new moon, so the tides were extra high/ low. We were grateful to have a little more water under the keel as we navigated the narrow channel out.

We were heading to an area called Staniel Cay, part of the string of tiny islands that make up the Exumas.

The sea conditions were okay. The 1 – 2 foot wind chop waves were sharp, hitting at 2 – 3 second intervals, and breaking. They were hitting us on the starboard. The motion was lurchy. Much to our frustration, the closet was squeaking like crazy like it does in head seas. In good news, there was no swell. It was a sunny day with scattered clouds.

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Chores and Errands in Nassau, New Providence Island, Bahamas

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Friday, April 25 — Eric did not sleep well. The boat became grounded at low tide in the middle of the night and started making unusual motions. The strange motion kept him from sleeping. Christi and Keith slept through it.

Despite being tired, Eric was feeling motivated to get stuff done. While Christi and Keith did school, Eric dug out the parts he’d need for his projects. Many were in deep spaces that were difficult to access — just getting the parts out was a project in and of itself!

As soon as Christi and Keith were done with school, we headed out. It was near high tide when we left Kosmos.

We rented a car from the marina office. They charged $11 per hour and didn’t require us to refill the fuel we used. Eric found driving on the left hand side of the road in traffic required a lot more concentration than normal. And it was a little bit scary, particularly with making right hand turns.

Our first stop was an auto parts store to get oil, which was the farthest away from all of our errands — a 10-minute drive.

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Atlantis Waterpark — Day 2, Part 2

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continued… The Mayan Temple four waterslides, and two went through a shark tank.

If you look carefully, you can see the sharks in the tank. The rectangular tube on the left was an inner tube ride called The Serpent Slide, the one on the right was called Leap of Faith and did not have an inner tube. Eric and Keith wanted to do the Leap of Faith first. Christi opted not to go. It was a straight drop down into the shark tank, and they moved through the tank extremely quickly.

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Atlantis Waterpark — Day 1

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continued... Now that we were finally inside the park, we wandered around, trying to find a towel kiosk. We did eventually find one at the far end of the park.

One of the many swimming pools in the water park

Once we got our wristbands, we decided that we wanted to ride the Rapid River first. According to the map, there were nine stops where one could get on and off the river. We went to the stop closest to the kiosk and realized that no one was getting off their inner tubes, which meant no inner tubes were available for us to get on. We realized we needed to go to the the river’s entrance, stop one, in order to get on.

We got a little lost trying to find the entrance to the river, but eventually found it. We each grabbed individual inner tubes. Eric and Keith raced down, while Christi just let the river push her along. The first half of the river was powered by a wave machine that made gentle swells that pushed the tubes along.

the wave machine
floating under the footpath
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More Exploring Spanish Wells, Then Back to Meeks Island, Bahamas

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Dawn on Good Friday, April 18, 2025

This morning, we loaded into the dinghy at 0750 and headed to town. At the mouth of the channel, we watched for turtles, and we saw some. We even briefly caught one on video. Those turtles dive deep fast!

We arrived at the dinghy dock at about 0820. We loaded into the golf cart and arrived at the only restaurant that appeared to be open for breakfast, Eagle’s Landing, just as it was opening at 0830. It was in a commercial building next to the grocery store.

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