Day 56 May 17. On to Little Hall's Pond/O'Brien Cay. Miles. 2.9. Total Miles 772.1

Day 56

Spent a lazy morning enjoying the view and beautiful weather. Will actually move only a short distance to be closer to more snorkeling.

Leaving Cambridge Cay behind, we wandered our way thru to O'Brien Cut and around Pasture Island to take a mooring between O'Brien and Little Hall Pond Cays.

Some very pretty water color today!!

There are a few scattered homes on all the cays in this area so no going ashore, but boaters come here to snorkel the Sea Aquarium - two large rocks with their adjacent coral reefs which attract lots of reef fish.

This area is also famous as one of the island used to be owned by Johnny Depp, but is now owned by JK Rowlings of Harry Potter fame.

We took a mooring and settled in to enjoy this new anchorage.

During lunch we had a persistent gull come begging for food. We though he would join us on the fly bridge as he kept trying to find a way so he could share in our lunch,

Later in the afternoon when it was low tide, we launched the dinghy to snorkel the Sea Aquarium. Luckily two boats were leaving so we had the whole area to ourselves to explore.

We dove in and were greeted by lots of fish. The fish here are larger than the previous sites. We saw Queen Angelfish, colorful Parrot Fish, and White and Yellow Striped Grunts all 8-10 inches long.

New fish at this site were, Bermuda Chub, Scamp and Damsel Fish, along with the regulars - wrasses, Surgeon, Squirrel and lots and lots of Sergeant Majors.

This reef also has a lot more colorful corals, sea fans and sponges.

Bill went nuts taking pictures, so here goes!!

Next are the movies that Bill took. Never thought he'd finish filming. It was always just one more shot!!

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Reflections on the Bahamas

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Day 64-65. May 25-26. On to Peck Lake, Jupiter, FL and then on to Indiantown/ Okeechobee Waterway. Miles 63.5/ 29.1 Total Miles 1122.1/1142.0

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