EXUMAS CAY LAND AND SEA PARK

We are now on a mooring ball in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park at the Warderick Wells anchorage area. This is a wonderful area to be in, there is no other place on earth that has this many turquoise blues... this is what I read before we arrived and I totally agree. We left Rose Island and travelled on the Bahama Banks to arrived at Allen's Cay on Monday afternoon. Here is where Iguanas come out at the beach awaiting your arrival. They are hoping you are bringing some small pieces of compost to “share” with them. They are NOT tame, Ben, Sam and Ty and Jalyn did not feed them. This was the introduction to the Exumas, Bahamas. Tuesday, we travelled to Norman's Cay. This is full of wonderful beaches and a sunken airplane. This is where the drug runner Carlos Leder lived during the old days of the Bahamiam drug trading. Leder's operation was eventually infiltrated by “the feds” but not before there were (supposedly) a bevy of murders when cruising boaters came too close to his operation. There was a Johnny Depp movie called “Blow” many years ago about this drug lord. AND filmed on this island.

We left this morning with a reservation for a mooring ball (instead of anchoring and damaging the coral) in this sea park. This is paradise here! The kids have seen stingrays and so many fish that I haven't even seen before. I have snorkeled in so many places over the last 20 years. Every second boat here is a Canadian boat. None with a hockey stick as their flag pole though, we do get laughs and a conversation breaker for sure.

The internet that we paid for here is limited and will not be able to download pictures, but will try just one. We will download many pictures in Staniel Cay on Friday. We are headed to Compass Cay to swim with the small nurse sharks there tomorrow (yep that is right?).. Jalyn might just take pictures if I am correct. … but Tyler and Ben and Sam are eager to see these small sharks that seem tame at the marina. I saw a travel show featuring these so I want to see for myself.

We are eating, swimming and drinking well and no worries, kids fly home Sat. from Staniel Cay connecting in Nassau to the reality of snow in Ottawa. They will have many memories and pictures to share with their friends.