Little Bay to Black Point | .75 Hours | 2.5 Miles
The sun rose over our Selene gathering as the nearly full moon was setting. The morning quickly turned beautiful. That was enough reason to take another Girls Beach Walk. Glenda ran the shuttle service and picked up me, Cindy, and Kelly for a trip to the shore. Having learned our lesson yesterday, we anchored the dinghy a bit further out in the surf.
We returned to the long crescent beach and began searching for more sea beans. Surprisingly quick, I found two heart beans in the wrack which I shared with our newcomers. With the pressure of securing a bean gone, we strolled the entire length of sand. Cindy found a sea biscuit. Kelly uncovered another heart bean for herself. Glenda found several pieces of sea glass and I picked up a few small shells. The standard group picture perfectly captured our pleasure in finding those treasures and more.
Unfortunately, there was also way too much plastic waste -- from flip flops to bottle caps, to ink pens --in the wrack. The gorgeous water view, however, was the top draw. We finished our walk, dropped Cindy off, and returned to the shore to pick up Kelly. She captured the shot of her ride waiting for her.
Although it was difficult to leave the great company and beautiful setting, we all returned to our boats and soon parted ways. Crossroads and Paradigm Shift traveled a short distance north to Black Point. Close to 100 boats filled the anchorage for Lorraine's 4th Annual Bahamas Gathering. Barry and I went over to Paradigm Shift to watch the sloop race which weaved through the anchorage.
At 6:00 we all went to shore for dinner and evening entertainment. The setting sun backlit all of the boats in the anchorage. We all stayed to see the Fire Dancer perform. She twirled, ate, and spit fire. It seemed that the performers were operating on Island Time. We departed as we began to fade at Boaters' Midnight (9:00), somewhat disappointed that we could not make it to the advertised Junkanoo Parade. The tide had again risen significantly during the evening hours and we moved through hip-deep water to get back to the dinghy. The party continues on as I'm finishing this post. The bass from the band is rattling the entire boat. Compared to this morning, we are in a whole different world.
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