Exumas Land & Sea Park, January 21, 2022

This place is exquisite.  There is no other way to describe the natural beauty here.

 

The water color is incredible

We arrived yesterday afternoon and after checking in promptly went for a snorkel at the “Coral Garden.”  How cool is that?  We saw a nurse shark just hanging on the bottom, it was the closest I have ever been to spotted eagle ray, and there are turtles everywhere that you can see popping there head out of the water to breathe.  It’s like the animals know you cannot hurt them.

 

 

The next morning started with a bit if excitement in the anchorage.  A 54’ charter yacht grounded itself (no clue how) and they had two land & sea boats there to try and pull them off.  I was on deck with fenders while Ron was helping to push them with the dinghy.  We ended up having to move and re-moor our boat to get out of the way enough to allow them to get off the sand once the tide came up enough.  After we got settled again, we headed off to hike the island.

What would possess you to drive into 1 foot of water?

It took us 2 hours to hike two miles.  Now mind you Ron and I can walk 6 miles on a regular sidewalk in 1 hour and 45 minutes.  This was more like hill climbing and bush whacking!  It would have paid to bring a machete.  After a very hot, long hike through the poison wood trees when we headed back to the boat.  I would be shocked it we are not both covered with it here soon.  We were grateful it didn’t rain since even if it drips on you, you get the rash!  We swam & relaxed in the afternoon then headed to sundowners on our neighbor’s boat.  All in all, a successful day in paradise!

The hike to no where

It is easy to follow the signs if you can see them

Posion Wood tree, most hikes were through the posion tree forest.

Yes this is part of the hike, this is considered a bridge

Hey here is a hole with a ladder, has to be cool right

The ladder was totally safe, right?

Was the climb down worth it?    NOPE!