Highbourne Cay

Found out at 2:42 am that our boat was running on battery power and not shore power, which is weird because we were plugged in for 2 days prior. Everything turned off and it was silent. Ben had to turn one engine on for a little to reset it and get it back on shore power. Turns out it came unplugged or loose around 9:30 pm, but we didn't notice. Since Hattie has been feeling better, she and Dixie have been running around on the boat deck, so maybe they kicked it loose.

Engines started for real at 7:45. Our salon turns into sleeping quarters for 3 while the Grasshoppers are here with us and we love it.

We had 3-4 footers, 4 seconds apart. Not fun! Ben told us last night that we would have 1.3-1.6 footers at 6 seconds. He wound up zig-zagging so we didn't have to keep taking the big waves on the beam. Even the dogs were laying down waiting for it to end.

Finally got to our anchorage at Highbourne Cay. We love the little secluded beach right by the anchorage here and have been here at least 3 other times. It's a great spot to hang and break up the journey between the Exumas and Nassau.

Everyone put on sunscreen and called for me or Lori a total of 78 times. Did anyone ask for Ben or Keith? No. Just the moms. Once we were ready, we loaded up in the Chicken. Moose drove us all over to the beach where everyone started to explore. 

Moose and Lori snorkeled a bunch together. They are good snorkel buddies and could float off together watching the sea life for hours.

Everyone else found giant conch shells- most of them were still occupied! We were on Conchwatch 2026 and tried to get them to come out, with a few successful ones. The eyes are so funny and the conchs themselves are just strange creatures. The foot, body, eyes on antenna-type things- it's all just so different from any other animal we see on a regular-basis.

Photo below taken on Eleuthera in 2021:

Ben took Bear, Moose, Keith, Sasha, and Luke to go see the iguanas at the island where Moose got bit in 2022. This time when they came back, no one was bleeding! That's a win.

They came back to get us and we went back to the boat and started making dinner. Then, we got to make our plan for the next several days while they're here and we make our way through the Exumas south to Georgetown.