"Next Adventure"

Half of our family arrived last week to sail and explore with us. The weather stayed nice which enabled us to sail out of Green Turtle and go to other islands. We spent two nights back at Manjack Cay. While the chickens did not appear this time we did see turtles, starfish and were able to feed the pigs on Crab Cay. The dingy with the trolling motor lets us be stealth while looking for turtles and fish. We wound our way up some estuaries and found many of the turtles. Beach time on the ocean let us see some very large needle fish and we found a few large conchs. At the other end of the island we found lots of shells and nabbed the coveted "whole" conch shell. We wanted the ones that have not had a hole cut in them to remove the conch. Success at hand and then the project turned into making the conch horn. Cody had been introduced to the conch horn by Rick and Sandy on Spindrift v.2. With conch horn in hand each evening sunset was announced with the conch horns. It was fun to hear the chorus as other boats in the anchorages joined in. We just may have to find more and increase our production.
Through the "Whale Cay" passage and into Great Guana provided another great night at anchor. Of course there was a trip to Nippers. This time the crowd was small and quieter. Those senior spring breakers from the week before were probably resting. Another ocean beach did not disappoint anyone.
We came on into Marsh Harbor and docked. Sadly our family needed to fly out the next day. We were just getting them trained so well as new crew members. Now it will just be the Captain and his trusty First Mate.
We have visited Maxwell's to obtain some fresh fruit and veggies, found a fish market (no, we have not caught much yet) and picked up a FedEx part. We will take off in the next day or two with Spindrift and possibly Now or Never and head to Hopetown and Man-0-War. A few more stops before we go back north to Green Turtle.
Each island is different and each has its own personality. Let us see what is next.