The Exumas—Allen’s Cay

We ended 2019 in the Exumas!  What a treat!  We finally got to anchor in fluffy sand and gin-clear water.  First stop—Allen’s (or Allan’s depending on your source) Cay and the famous Iguana Beach on Leaf Cay.  We spent two nights here so we could take time to enjoy it around when all the tourist boats from Nassau came and that worked out well. 

After our morning on land, we spent the afternoon below the surface.  There were some good snorkeling spots!  We saw some healthy coral and several fish including our first sighting of the invasive lion fish.  And the kids took the opportunity to practice diving down a bit.

After snorkeling we goofed off around the boat a bit.  Trent was swimming and I was scrubbing the hull when something caught my eye—SHARK!  Once we realized it was a nurse shark we calmed down a bit, but as it kept doing circles of the boat I decided the hull was clean enough for now!

Only one of us managed to stay awake until midnight, but I think we were all pretty happy with how we rang in the new year. 🦎 🦈