There is a very nice trail on the Exuma Sound side of Cambridge Cay. It is high above the beaches with steep cliffs. The views are spectacular. I think I have to start using my thesaurus to find some other adjectives to describe what we are seeing in the Exumas.
We found some blow holes located a little north of the big rock in the photo above. These two photos of one blow hole show the water filling up in a cave below. We were there at low tide, and at high tide the sea water blows up through the hole into the air above.
In the park, you are not allowed to take anything off the beach except flotsum, items washed up from ships at sea. People who walk on the beach tend to pick these things up and deposit them in a central place. Because of this, the majority of the beaches are very clean.
We did find a nice large blue bucket which we can make into a lookey bucket when we get some clear material for the bottom. This is an important item to have aboard in clear water like this as you can go out in your dinghy, look down at your anchor, and more importantly go over coral and see if it is worth snorkeling in that area. Our friend Bill, on
Ultra, gave us one awhile ago and on a very windy night a few weeks ago we had left it on the deck, untied, and it blew overboard. It actually woke us up as it dragged across the deck and then fell in. We ran out to get it but it was gone. Bill surprised us with another one a few days ago, for which we are very grateful.
Someone must have sailed by with a REAL Starbucks drink, or perhaps it came across the ocean from Europe. I’d recognize that green straw anywhere.
At the top of one hill, we found a number of towers made of coral pieces. One had a sign on it that said,”In memory of my brother Daniel Mooney who will sleep on this hill.” We wondered if his ashes were inside the tower or perhaps his ashes were released here. We do see these towers of rocks everywhere here. Sometimes they mark the beginning of a trail and sometimes they are just there - some cruiser who decided to build a hill such as the ones below.
Tomorrow we’ll leave for Warderick Wells which is about ten miles from Cambridge Cay. The headquarters of Exuma Park is there and we’ll be able to get wifi for a mere $10 a day for 100 MB, uploads and downloads. In Staniel Cay and Sampson Cay, we paid $10 a day or 200 MB or $25 for three days or 750 MB. In Georgetown, we paid $15 for unlimited use for a week. One of the biggest surprises we have had in The Bahamas is the cost of wifi. There are very few free sites, and those are only ones which people have neglected to encrypt.