Dawn on Saturday, May 10
Today we went back to the Washing Machine at 1500 with the two families in the northern anchorage. Yesterday, we were so fixated on all the turtles at the mouth of the northern anchorage that we didn’t take one of the mouth itself.
This week has been fun. On Saturday, mom and dad finished cleaning the bottom of the boat, then we went to town for lunch. We went to all the restaurants and all of them were closed except for the yacht club.
Cette semaine était amusante. Samedi maman et papa ont fini le nettoyage du dessous du bateau et nous sommes allés au village pour le déjeuner. On est allé à tous les restaurants, mais seulement le yatch club était ouvert.
On Sunday, we moved to a new anchorage called Cambridge Cay to meet up with our friends from Baja, Oceananigans. We went over to the beach with them and some of their friends, Kepler and Cosmic Connection, and had a fun time. On Monday, we snorkeled around a rock near the boat. We saw a few fish, and even a baby turtle. In the evening, we went to the beach again.
Continue readingSunrise on Friday, May 9
The rolliness had increased and the anchorage was becoming uncomfortable. Sadly, it was forecast to get worse as the winds continued to shift. We were disappointed because, on paper, it looked like this anchorage should have been calm, as it was protected from the wind direction. But the swell apparently wrapped around the island and got into the anchorage.
The plan for today was for all the families to go to The Washing Machine together. As you can see in the map below, there was an extensive saltwater river system on Shroud Cay. The Washing Machine was at the mouth of the river next to the red dot, and we got there by taking the dinghy through the river system.
Dawn on Wednesday, May 7
After school and morning chores, we went snorkeling with the other families. Only the adults and some of the older kids came; most of the kids skipped it. Christi forgot her camera, and since the photos from snorkeling in Little Bell Cay and hadn’t come out, we decided not to make a special trip back to Kosmos to retrieve it.
Continue readingSunrise on Monday, May 5
When we got up, we were surprised to see that that all the boats were facing different directions. It means the wind and current were going different directions, and some boats were more pushed by the wind and others were more pushed by the current.
