Making The Connection

Bimini   

My favorite part of staying at Bimini Cove is the easy access it provides to the beach. Following breakfast, I went for my morning communion with sun, sea, and sky. The cold front that passed yesterday left behind much cooler temperatures and a stiff breeze, but also a clear blue sky. I made the day's first track of footprints in the sand as I walked south at the edge of the surf, connecting with nature.     

The wind and waves had left behind many Portuguese Man of Wars in the intertidal zone. These jellyfish relatives are quit interesting, whether they are upside down or right-side up. The air bladder assists in their migration, but probably also assisted in their demise during yesterday's storm. Tiny shells crunched under footsteps. 

High tide limited access to the spot I normally walk to further south, but it also created an interesting display of waves crashing over large boulders. Shoreline erosion is a big problem as water continues to carve away the sandstone.

I returned to Crossroads as Barry was readjusting our docklines for the changing wind direction and intensity. With that done, we walked up to the water taxi to take us to North Bimini. We noticed new construction as well as the closure of some past favorites like the Thirsty Turtle Bar/Restaurant. Trash and broken bottles lined the road often in the same places as wild flowers bloomed and snow-white egrets walked. Once we were ashore in Alice Town, North Bimini, our first stop was the local health clinic where we were retested for Covid to complete our health visas. While connected to the restaurant's wifi during lunch, we each received "thumbs up" emails saying we were negative. 

After lunch, it was on to the next item on our list -- getting the SIM cards for my iPhone and Barry's Mi-fi. We got a bit of the run-around and ended up walking the main road for a few hours, back and forth between various places of business. Place A was closed for lunch. Place B did not have any SIM cards. Place C had no cards, but could activate them. Place D had SIM cards, but could not activate them. Back to Place C. Then back to Place A to get the other card. During all that back and forth, we stopped in for a loaf of fresh coconut bread which is always a treat. A bit tired from walking, it was good to sit down for a few minutes on the water taxi for our return trip. Back onboard Crossroads, Barry got all of our devices connected to the internet, we readjusted the docklines again, and I made my way back to the shore to watch the sun set on our first full day in the Bahamas.