There has been no movement in or out of the marina since we arrived five days ago. Everyone regardless of boat size has been waiting for a favorable weather window. Early this morning the megayachts began to depart. No smaller vessels were brave enough to follow their lead. It just doesn't make sense to bang our way further south. We had another day to explore the island. Our morning walk passed by a hibiscus bush full of palm-sized pink blooms. After lunch, Judy and I repeated yesterday's long walk to Shelling Beach. The beautiful surfside stroll north was directly into a strong headwind.
We had timed our walk to coincide with max low tide. The large sandbar was exposed with only a few tidal pools remaining. The shallow water glistened like diamonds. The bare sand was textured by ridges. Stranded sea creatures began to appear along the margins of the sandbar. Most of them were still alive as seen here with the sea urchin ...
... the sea biscuit, and the sea star. We hit the jackpot on this trip with the discovery of many sand dollars. The white ones are the remains of deceased animals. The brown ones are covered with cilia and are living animals. Judy and I each brought home a handful of perfect specimens. Slack tide seemed to last about five minutes and we headed back to higher ground as water flooded back onto the sandbar. We returned to the marina not long before sunset.
We'll be here a few more days before leaving. Seems the talk is that the whole marina will empty out on Thursday. Our goal is to stop in Nassau for two nights and reprovision during the next blow. That should get us in good shape as we finally make it to the Exumas.
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