Leaving Staniel days ago, we ran up to O’Brien’s Cay, which is very close to the great snorkeling of the ‘sea aquarium’, and also home to some great beaches and sand bars, all twisting around little islets. We spent two nights there, which was plenty of time for the kids to create many worlds of play- they worked on building rafts, swam back and forth across a beautiful swail between beaches, explored the inner muddy parts of the island as scientists, built sand castle worlds, and amazingly, did some chilling out in the sand (they’re getting older, I suppose!).
From there it was a short motorsail back to the south anchorage of Warderick Wells. It’s a great anchorage without current, which means it’s a great place to swim off the boat, swim to shore, etc. A nurse shark was on the kids’ case for a while, when all four of them were piled onto the paddle board, so we first videotaped the situation (duh!), and then sent them ashore to shake their predator. Again, it’s pretty amazing what they’ve gotten used to.
We moved around to the horseshoe-shaped north field of Warderick yesterday, where we’ll stay for the weekend. As always, this island’s playground qualities are plentiful and easily accessible, so the day’s options of skim boarding on the flats, swimming at the beach, paddleboarding around the anchorage, or simply staring over the side to see the wildlife go by are all viable and entirely likely! First for the coffee and bacon, though…
