Day 51. May12. Lay Day in Black Sound

Day 51

Another beautiful sunny day!

After breakfast, we dinghied to shore to catch the rising tide at the blow hole. Today the blow hole was blowing!! Bill filmed up close and I took the wider shots.

Bill managed to get quite wet!!!

Here is a shot of the underground channel that funnels the sea into the blow hole.

Bill climbed down closer to shore to get some shots and this is what happened!!

We also got shots of the white cliffs that dot the eastern shore of Great Guana.

Bill had his fill of rock climbing today. He also found a dock board washed up on shore which he claimed!

Was fascinated with the shrubs and vines that survive in this dry, rocky and salty shore.

We climbed up to the top of the hill to get a great view of the shoreline and white cliffs.

On our way home, we walked past one of the churches and stopped at the grocery store to pick up some fresh veggies and fruit. Then we had to go across the street to the convenience store so Bill could get ice cream!!

I have not done a good job of taking pictures of the town.

Here is a drone shot of the harbor where we anchored.

Returned to the boat for lunch and set about researching our next week, Luckily the weather will settle down by Wednesday and stay great for traveling til Monday of next week. So we will stay in Black Sound one more day. We had hoped to leave tomorrow for Staniel Cay Marina but no one has cancelled and people are extending their stay so we did not get a space. The main reason we were going in was to get fuel and water - and they told us their diesel pumps are our of service. Luckily we have plenty of fuel and water on board, so will plan to reprovision further up the Exuma chain.

Spent a quiet evening on board. Kinda nice to be able to take a more relaxed few days.

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