We took a mooring ball at Little Lameshur Bay, anchoring is not permitted here. The mooring balls are 15 dollars per night but if you have a Park pass, which we have you get a 50% discount, HEY!. We bought the pass last summer when traveling the Grand Canyon.
We hiked the trails along with Ed and Ann from Wind Swept dreams and their Guests Kate & John.
We took the trail to the The Old Reef Bay Estate Sugar Mill, then took a side trail to see a water fall and pre-columbian petroglyphs( also called rock engravings).
The photo is of Chris in between a tree that split at the bottom, both sides still surviving.
Can you see the petroglyphs? Rock carvings of faces???
Do any of you remember having a plant in your home called Mother in laws tongue, this looks like it. Not sure on the proper name.
The sandbox tree, this tree is recognized by its many dark pointed spines on the smooth brown bark. The name "Sandbox" refers to the early use of the hollowed out shell if the seed capsules to hold sand and to be employed as Ink blotters. Another name for this tree is "Monkey Pistol" because of the exploding dried seed capsules that make a loud noise and disperse the seeds. One more common name is 'Monkey No Climb" it is easy to understand . Chris looked at it closely to see the points . John , one of the guests on Wind Swept Dreams said that he once grabbed onto one of these trees while stopping a fall( I believe) ,not a good idea.