Aaahhh...We have finally arrived in one of our favorite cruising areas- The Exumas. This is a group of nearly 300 cays which stretch 90 miles from Beacon Cay in the north to Great Exuma in the south. The cays vary in size and are either low lying and barren or have hills with shrubbery and trees. They all have beautiful beaches. There are few settlements here and most cays are not inhabited although some islands are private. It is very remote but we love it! The waters are crystal clear and most navigation is eyeball navigation, taking care to avoid the shoals and the coral heads! The snorkling is superb and the colors underwater are spectacular! It is great fun taking Daniel and John and enjoy in their excitement in all they see underwater!

We sailed from Eleuthra across the banks to Allens Cay. We were in 8-15 feet of water most of the way and we had to keep a close eye out for coral heads. It was like a coral head mine field we had to zig zag through.I stood on the bow while Daniel and John climbed the mast and would spot the coral heads.I came across this jingle referring to the eyeball navigation one must do in the Bahamas; "Water that's blue is deep and true; As t shades to green, the water gets lean; White or yellow will ground a fellow; If the water is brown, you'll run hard aground If the water is black, you'd better tack!"

The boys met their first rastafarian while exploring the island of Current Cut. He was out checking his fish traps and told the boys he likes to come there to get away from all of the stress-on an island of 100 people. He comes there to smoke his ganga and relax and offered Menno and the boys some! The boys thought his hair style was very cool...Daniel wants a rastafaran hat which has dreadlocks attached to it. We are still eating wahoo- we have had wahoo steaks,wahoo spaghetti, wahoo burgers,wahoo quesdillas, wahoo fingers, wahoo salad and so on!