Thank you Lisa for the very early 4 AM ride to the airport (Reagan National) to arrive in Georgetown on valentines day. The view from the airplane was unbelievable seeing all the colors of the water over the banks. It was fun to see the people in Georgetown. Got a few more supplies. We went for a walk over stocking island to take a look at the ocean and see what the seas looked like on Thursday. It has been dubbed the enchanted trail as kirk was told one day when he hiked over with his guitar and played on the beach that the trail was enchanting. It is a pretty cool trail. When kirk told me about it being enchanting I started belting out "one enchanted evening ….." and around the bend here came another hiker. I apologized that he had heard my lovely singing and we all chuckled. We got the boat prepped for an early departure
and Friday morning we left for Rum Cay.
We had a motor sail for part of the way but when we turned the point at santa maria point on long island we were dead into the wind and motored the second leg of the journey. Was only about 50 miles so an easy day. Approaching Rum Cay the water colors were the most vibrant colors I have seen so far. It definitely was the clearest anchorage we have been in. you could see the anchor like it was a foot away when actually it was about 9 feet deep. We went over to visit with Ross and Diane on "one white tree" a cat boat kirk met also into the Lord of the Rings author, hence the name is also from a Tolkien book. Ross and Diane both play the guitar and so it is a happy fit. They are lovely people from Canada. I believe this is their second year cruising and were in the Chesapeake last summer.
Anywho, this morning as the sun was peaking over the horizon, we headed out on a 80 mile trek across the ocean from Rum Cay to the Aklins Islands and anchored in atwood bay. A lovely little deserted bay, tricky to get into as reefs on both sides but we made it and then gave some details to one white tree as they were behind us by an hour or so. They caught a 48" mahi and were thrilled. First fish besides barracuda that they caught.
Pictures are compliments of Kirk
bridge you go under to get into dingy dock at Georgetown
sunset over Georgetown from sand dollar anchorage
shoes lining the enchanted trail
once you are through the trail, view of the ocean
the ocean at low low tide on a very calm day
GREAT to read you back online again!!!!
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