Whitecaps On The Infinity Pool

Bimini   

Seems that while I was asleep last night Barry was busy adjusting dock lines as the wind picked up and rotated. Crossroads was being blown onto the dock and was rubbing loudly against our fenders. He also reported that the power was out at the marina for three hours and he was concerned about our freezer. He turned off the alarm clock and ended up sleeping in for an extra hour. I still had not woken up on my own. Eventually, we had a quick breakfast and then got moving on our morning walk before the weather deteriorated. When we stepped on the dock, we marveled at thousands of little fish schooling around our stern. Today we headed south down the main road on South Bimini. Along the way we saw Mike, a local who was trimming up some palm trees. We remembered him from our two previous trips to the island. Sunlight still broke through the increasing cloud cover and the Morning Glory was soaking it all in.

The southern tip of the island is vacation residential. Houses are larger and more ornate with well-manicured lots. A couple of highlights were a face carved in the trunk of a dead palm tree, a house constructed out of steel I-beams, a large painted plumeria blossom, and gardens that featured bougainvillea and many species of palms.

An abandoned marina lies at the end of the road. We took a brief look around then headed back the way we came. Barry was super excited to find a coconut and carried it back to Crossroads before cracking it open and draining the milk and saving the flesh. Just after low tide, I went down and walked the beach. All of the Portuguese Man-of-Wars that I saw yesterday were gone, but the low water exposed many new rock formations.

I picked up a few pieces of sea glass and sorted out the best. The last bit of the afternoon was spent by the pool. I finished one audio book, read two chapters in a traditional book, and tried not to be blown away. It was warm enough in the sun, but the east wind had picked up during the day and was blowing with an attitude. Whitecaps were moving across the infinity pool and breaking over the rim. By 3:30, I gave into the elements and returned to the boat for two loads of laundry and a short workout before dinner. As breezy as it is here, it's nothing like in the southern Bahamas. We'll be here a few more days before calm is restored.