Today we walked up to Boo Boo Hill in Warderick Wells. When we got to the place where cruisers leave pieces of wood with their names on them, we started looking through the piles for one we left here in 2010. We figured ours was long gone but then we found boards from several other cruisers who were here with us that year. First we saw Fortnight’s. Then we saw Tortuga’s. Next we saw our boat buddy’s from that year, Ultra. Finally, I saw our board peeking out from under a rock. Someone must have put the rock on it and that kept TS Sandy and all of the other storms in the last three years from blowing it away. We took the board back to the boat with us and will add the year 2013, then place it back on Boo Boo Hill. We didn’t look under all the piles, so will check again for other friends’ boards when we return ours tomorrow. Most cruisers who come to Warderick Wells leave a board. The rules are that it has to be made from driftwood with no other embellishments, such as plastic, shells, etc.
It is very windy today and although the temperature is in the high 70’s, it feels cool. We won’t go so far as to call it a “wind chill factor” since we heard that northern Minnesota temperatures are 30 below today. We are anxious to try out our wet suits and snorkel here. Last time we didn’t have wet suits and snorkeled in shorts and shirts.
Yesterday I started using our 24 hour, 100 mb, $15 wifi password which is sold here in the Exumas Land and Sea Park. I uploaded a blog entry with four pictures on it and the home page with one picture on it. Then, I checked my email, sent one reply, and went online to check Chris Parker’s forecast. I went back to send another email and had used up my 100 mb for the day. I took some gorgeous pictures today but will have to spread them out over several blog entries. It’s nice to have a good Internet connection but at this price we won’t be going online every day while in the park.
As I mentioned, we lost the signal on our wifi extender after several days in Bimini. In Nassau we were able to find new extension cables, and they didn’t seem to help. Today, Mark started cleaning a connector in the box that was a little corroded and voila!! It works again. To say the least, I am thrilled. Our wifi extender, which we purchased from Al Francone in Ft. Lauderdale, has always gotten more wifi signals than any other boat with a wifi extender near us in an anchorage, mooring field or at a dock. In the Bahamas that is important because the signals come from shore, often not near your anchorage. Last time in Georgetown we went to the farthest anchorage from the signal we were using and got a strong connection. Al’s website is WiFi Solutions.
We are planning to leave Warderick Wells on Friday and our next stop will probably be Cambridge Cay. That is still part of the park and has excellent snorkeling. I don’t think there is any wifi available there so our next blog entry might not be until we get to Staniel Cay sometime next week.