Friday
1505 Top of the day from Warderick Wells, headquarters of the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park and home of the first satellite connection deep in the Exumas and if the first 3 days are in any way telling of the rest of the islands I think we shall be just fine. As a picture can tell 1000 words a brief outline of our quick becoming ritual and then photos to follow: The Daily Travel Goal: 10-20 miles. The method: Awake, morning trip to the islands/cays for some exploration/island clean up, fire engine up and off anchor by 9ish, sail/motor 3-4 hours, arrive at destination by noon to 1, explore/snorkel/scuba dive/swim/relax/read/go to the beach/etc/et al, cocktail hour at 5, dinner at 7, read/movie and bed by 10…hit reset button. Note: I encourage all to take a look at the new island report on the right hand side of the navigation links)that I am working on and to please provide feedback as we work to live up to the mission goal of creating “The Caribbean Island Trail, “CITA ” modeled after our #1 sponsor MITA in Maine.),

An Iguana photorial courtesy of Stevey, the first bag of trash collected, island maps, our current route, and photo albums of the Allan Island Cays and Hawksbill Cay.

Posts from sea

Wednesday 2048 – Well we are sort of away from civilization as any trip up the companionway hatch reveals a sea of twinkling stars…oooops I mean mast head anchor lights atop the 20 plus fellow cruising compadres here at rest with us at Allan’s Cay Harbour. Crossing Exuma Bank today we dodged “coral head” outcroppings that I can only imagine is somewhat analogous to negotiating a land mine laden battlefield except for the fact that if you hit one you don’t blow up, you just sink. A sincere heart derived thank you to all the active and retired duty military that have served the USA as well as other countries soldiers that have given their lives to enable yahoo’s like ourselves to even have the chance to write about an analogy like this in the first place. God bless America (and the Bahamas!)

Friday 0631 – Sunrise over Hawksbill Cay, carefully negotiating this photograph so as not to awake Steve and Jordi asleep on deck under what was a seriously magnificent starry sky. The light wind is making a gentle lapping sound against our vessel creating a random melody of vibrations off our aluminum mast. A very sound nights sleep as we lie at mooring within the boundry lines of the Exuma Land and Sea Park, a 176 sq mile resource protection zone and national park. The photos and island reports I feel speak for themselves and the sheer magnitude, beauty and sense of wonderful isolation (at least at this anchorage :)) that we are currently experiencing. Conversations last night revolving around what we are uniquely good at, what drives one and what we perceive of ourselves. Perceptions dictate actions as what we think is who we are. We all have the amazing, god given ability to influence, to make a difference. Use this power wisely and consciously. Bring people up versus down. Give unselfishly with love and the abundance will swell up within. Thanks for reading!