Category Archives: Wildlife

Snorkeling at Warderick Wells, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

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Thursday, January 8, continued… Keith got ready to go snorkeling. Eric and Keith went to the ranger station to check in. Christi stayed behind to make lunch and dinner. Tiki Tour had also moved from Shroud to Warderick this morning and had moored in The Horseshoe. The Tiki crew and their guests — a family with two kids close in age to Keith — met Eric and Keith at the beach by the ranger station. The kids played on the beach. After a couple of hours, Eric returned to Kosmos to eat lunch and to pick Christi up. Keith said he wasn’t hungry and asked to stay with the other kids.

At about 1600, Eric and Christi returned. They found the group snorkeling in the pass.

The snorkelers saw a group of twelve spotted eagle rays and they followed the rays for quite a while. They said the rays were amazing. From the dinghy, all Christi and Eric could see were black blobs that looked like moving rocks.

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Moving to an Unnamed Sand Bar in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, The Bahamas

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Dawn on Saturday, December 27

We forgot to mention that one of the chores that Eric had done a few days ago was change the generator oil. Today he put away the tools. Eric frequently says that in boat maintenance, getting everything out and putting it all away again often took longer than the task itself. Eric also spent some time in the morning trying to figure out why the air conditioner in the salon mysteriously stopped working. He cleaned the sea strainer and checked the oils, but didn’t see a problem.

Today the wind was dead and the seas were completely calm. Here was our flopper stopper.

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Keith’s Perspective on Our Days in Blackpoint/Le point de vue de Keith sur nos journées à Blackpoint

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Saturday, December 13 – Friday, December 19 — This week has been mostly boring. On Saturday, we went to lunch at a restaurant called The Emerald Sunset.

Cette semaine était ennuyante. Samedi, nous avons mangé le déjeuner à un restaurant qui s’appelle Le Couche De Soleil Emerald.

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The Beach and Trek to the Washing Machine, Shroud Cay, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

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Dawn on Friday, December 19, 2025

In the morning, Eric changed the impeller and oil on the generator while Christi and Keith did school. In the late afternoon, Eric and Christi went to the beach near to the entrance to the mangrove river. Keith stayed onboard so he could play online games with his friends.

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Keith’s Perspective on Our Time in the Staniel Cay Area/Le point de vue de Keith sur notre séjour dans la région de Staniel Cay

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December 6 – December 12, 2025 — This week has been very boring. On Saturday, we moved from Royal Island to Highbourne Cay. On Sunday, we moved from Highbourne Cay to Staniel Cay. 

On Monday, the anchorage was rolly. Dad and I went to shore to get some lunch, but Mom stayed on board because she had some sort of important call thingy to do. Because the currents were so strong, we had to go around the back of the island for a more comfortable ride. We went through this really narrow pass. When we tried to get back to the boat, we couldn’t get through the pass because the currents were so strong! We had to wait around on a beach for what felt like a billion years. Eventually, some French charterers came over and they towed us through the pass with their fast dinghy. 

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