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| Swimming Pig @ Big Majors Spot |
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| Conch on white sand in Pipe Creek |
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| Krogens in a row |
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| Another pig shot |
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| More white sand and aqua water |
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| Pig enjoying tomato @ Big Majors Spot |
Not too far from where four of us Krogenites (and several mini megayachts) are anchored is “Seven Seas,” Steven Spielberg’s new toy. It’s 282 feet long, reportedly cost $200 million to build, has a crew of 26 and an infinity pool with 15 feet of glass that doubles as a movie screen. He hasn’t been here to invite us for cocktails.
We’ve been in the middle Exumas for about a week (we can’t keep track of the days) and love it. Right now we’re anchored in Sampson Cay and will be headed to Black Point to escape shifting winds and fronts.
Seeing the swimming pigs on Big Major Cay was a real snort! These guys supposedly belong to a farmer but whenever they hear a power boat motor headed to shore on their island at Pig Beach, they make a mad dash to the water for handouts. We’re told the farmer doesn’t take these little pigs to market (no BBQ tonight)because the oinkers are good for tourism. And they’re not so little. These are hogs who go hog wild when dinghys are near.
The color of the waters here is even more intense and the dinghying (another boaters’ verb!) is great because there’s so much shallow water. Yesterday, eight of us Krogenites (John and Pam on Compass Rose; Sam and Ken on Sylken Sea; Betty and Jill on Lili; and Philip and I) took our dinghys on a mad trek around Joe, Little Pipe, Little Pig and Thomas Cays. We had a weenie roast and picnic lunch on the beach and went shelling for conch and sand dollars. When the tide recedes, the conch are everywhere. We search for the “dead” ones that we can take; the live ones are too small to harvest for their meat.
The day before, Philip and I had dinghyed to Compass Cay where lots of big boats are at the marina. We’ll make a note on Active Captain. This ain’t a friendly place. They charge $8 per person (not boat) just to stop in. We left.
This part of the Exumas is wonderful because everything is close by. We spent the first couple of nights close to Staniel Cay and the Staniel Cay Marina, a funky place with good Internet access (as long as you were sitting outside, by the bar). Pam and I bought fresh grouper and lobster from a couple of Bahamian divers. We had a wonderful lobster dinner that night made even more special because that was the last day of lobster season here until August.
We were headed today to Black Point but will stay foot because of strong winds coming this way.
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