We didn’t move the boat today; we decided to spend an extra day here in the park. We thought we’d have quite a bit of wind from the south, which would make any move further south a bit difficult. There wasn’t much wind all day, but we were happy to stay. The wind is picking up tonight and it’s a bit west of south, so this is a good place to be as it’s protected all around, and many of the anchorages along the Exumas are open to the southwest and west.

It was warm enough today that we deployed the awning. It was declared a success. It gave enough shade to keep the cockpit cool and it helped funnel the breeze down the companionway.

This afternoon we took the dinghy to the west side of the mooring field where there is some coral. There wasn’t much coral and we decided not to snorkel. We looked at the bottom with the viewing bucket instead. Then we went over to an area of shallower water and moored the dinghy and went swimming. The water is about 74 degrees according to our instruments. I decided that’s about minimum temperature for me. Rick and I, who hadn’t showered yesterday, took advantage of the swim to wash. We all rinsed off with the cockpit shower when we got back to the boat.

Bud cooked a stir-fry with pork and tofu and plenty of hot peppers. He had all of us coughing from the fumes while he was cooking it, but it tasted great.

This evening we played Euchre. Rick and Tracy don’t play Euchre, but Rick agreed to play if I would try another of his coconut rum and diet coke drinks. Tracy complained all the time that she didn’t know how to play and couldn’t keep the rules sorted out from Pinochle, but she and Bud won both games. Rick and I aren’t done yet; there are other nights to come.

We spent a lot of time laughing today. That always makes it a good day.