Monday, January 6, 2020

ECLSP—Waderick Wells Cay

We secured a mooring at Waderick Wells Cay for three nights so we could really enjoy the park and enjoy a mooring for a blustery spell.  We LOVED it!  While at first the channel and moorings looked a little daunting, we easily tied up to our assigned mooring and were greeted by a nurse shark and a fellow boater looking for some tools.  We dinghied ashore to pay our fees and get maps of the park, and took a quick hike to stretch our legs.

I could turn this whole blog into underwater photos, but I’ll try to keep it under control!  We decided to use the least-breezy day to hit some of the snorkeling sites around the cay.  I really love that they have dinghy moorings at the sites so you don’t have to anchor near the corals.  We saw so much variety!  The kids saw their first up-close barracuda and I loved getting close to the corals, fan worms, and stingrays.  The kiddos have gotten pretty good at diving down to look at stuff!

On our “land” day, we started off at Boo Boo Hill to drop off a piece of driftwood with our names on it and to get some cell phone service so we could pull down some weather forecasts (still looking horrible this coming week).  When Frank held the router overhead we had four bars of 4G! 😂  We continued our hike along the Causeway Trail and down to Butterfly Beach, learning about native plants and identifying LOTS of poison wood along the way.  It was a good, active day.

What else did we do?  Met fellow cruisers at a beach happy-hour, found a family that could use the wetsuit the kids had grown out of, played games, did laundry (with a new set-up for the wringer), and I got a trim from my daughter (which turned into a whole new short style 🤣).  And we did it all without internet!


It was a great few days, and I could easily see us returning.  For now, it’s time to head to shelter!  We were going to go to Cambridge Cay for more snorkeling, but we’ve decided to head for our desired anchorage for a major wind event instead and will just come back to Cambridge Cay after it’s settled.
 

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