Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Splash and a hike


On Friday we were scheduled to launch at 1 pm.  As we were on "island time"  we were launched about 3 pm.  

We got new plastic put on the slings  Yeahhhhh!!!!  After all the hard work of scrubbing and waxing the plastic was greatly appreciated.




The travel lift around our home



Moving towards the water



Easy as we go



Over the water



Kirk checking things out



Still watching



The mechanic checked his work on the engines and off we went.  Was too busy to take any more pictures of the boat in the water.

We made it to Benures Bay.  One of our favorite places.  Kirk is heading out to "swim the anchor".   Swimming the anchor means that he swims out and checks it to see how it is seated in the sand.  It is a double check that all is well.  This time we did some as we had a stern anchor to shore as well.We are in about 20 feet of water.  See the rocks on the bottom?  It is so clear in this Bay.



HIKING NORMAN ISLAND

Check out this cactus!!




Michael and Rebecca came over and joined us again.  Once again we had a good time.  I have a thing about cactus and asked them all to stand by this one.



Long way down.



The path we followed.  Pretty cool eh?




View from near the top, heading back down.  Was much easier than going up.



Termits tunneling across our path.



To the left is our boat, to the right is Michael and Rebecca's.  If you look closely you can see the line from the stern of our boat to land.  That keeps our boat steady and helps to insure that you do not bump into anyone else.



The leaves on the path reminded me of fall in Maryland.



It is not everyday you see a tree with roots like this one.  



The big brown thing in the middle of the picture is a termite nest.  They are huge.



Love the rock formation on this point.  Reminded me of Ireland.  We did not make it all the way out to this point.  Maybe next time.



Our path down a very steep hill.




We hiked to Pirates,  a restaurant located on the other side of the island in an anchorage called the Bight.  Some had a bushwhacker as a reward for all our efforts to get there.

  This crab was at Pirates.  He was on the sidewalk.  I watched navigate the sidewalk edge.  He eventually ended on the ground.  None for worse nor wear.  



More rocks.  I got a thing for rocks.  It just amazes me the rocks you see sticking out of the ocean and then on the islands.



That is our boat, way down there.  It was a long hike.  We did make it to the top of the mountain in the background.  It was a steep climb.  You can see the path carved into the side of the hill.  




Almost back.  The hill in the background reminded me of Colorado.  Was a good day.  We snorkeled later on in the afternoon after the sun was not so high in the sky.



1 comment:

  1. I MISS THE TURTLES & that gorgeous water. AMAZING!!! I am not as enthralled as you with the cactus...

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