Lost an oar from the Chicken once we were on the east side of Great Exuma. Ben was ready to say goodbye to it, but I saw it floating behind us. He said he couldn't help get it because someone had to drive the boat amd he was dealing with paying customs for a micro SD card of maps for anything further aouth of George Town. (It was supposed to be delivered June 11th and was still causing issues... being stuck in Nassau.) I said someone would help me get it in! Turned around to go get it. I had the boat hook, it slipped off the hook before anyone could grab it. I hooked it again and this time Keith grabbed it when I pulled it up. I was so happy to save this Canadian Tire gem. (Our oars got stolen off our tender in New Jersey in 2023. We managed without them the rest of that trip, then bought new ones in Parry Sound at Canadian Tire-not just a tire store!- in 2024.)
Anchored and rode the Chicken to Chat N Chill. Upon arrival around 2 pm, we found out they only had chicken dinner left for today. So, we walked along the beach to the south, to another restaurant. On the way, we got the pet the stingrays, which is what Lori wanted to do more than eat at Chat N Chill anyway. Roo found a swing she wanted a mini-photoshoot on. Ben walked back to bring the Chicken to the shore at the new restaurant.
Wound up at Baymahni- a restaurant at a resort that is only 8 months old. I asked because I didn't remember it being there when we visited in 2022. While we were there, we decided this location was less chat, more chill, which is more our vibe. We had conch fritters for an appetizer for the table. Luke, being silly, said he remembered this conch in the water, looking at us with his eyes, earlier this week. All of the guys, and Lori got Mahi Tacos. I got shrimp tacos. Bear got a cheeseburger (her go-to... she doesn't like seafood). Roo got chicken wings. Sasha got a poke bowl.
Got back to the Cartermaran and set off for Moriah National Park and agreed on Man-o-War Cay instead. It was a little closer for our morning trip to the marina.
The sandbar here stretches for a few miles and we came just after low tide, so we got to enjoy it for a while before it completely disappeared. The sand was so silky smooth and had hardly any coral in it, so we didn't even need our water shoes. 🤩 We found sand dollars and sea stars, as well as a white crab that Roo spied and some sort of jumping fish lizard thing that stung Roo. (She is okay!)
Ben brought us back to the Cartermaran and then dropped everyone but Roo off to snorkel at the rocks by the boat. The current was too strong to get us there just by swimming from the boat.
There was an underwater cave that tunneled under the rocks to the other side and it was full of fish. There were also giant sea urchins in there, so we didn't attempt to go through.
When Sasha jumped in, Lori spied a little fish (the size of a quarter) who was swimming around Sasha. At some point, this little fish friend swapped and started swimming with Luke. He was with Luke the whole time we swam. Bear and I would see it every now and then and giggle at it. Maybe it thought Luke was its dad?! When Luke got out, the fish went back to Sasha, then to Lori, and when Lori got into the tender, the fish jumped into the water. Not sure if it was on her or just was jumping to say bye. It made us sad to leave our fish friend all alone and so far from its house and family where he started swimming with us. 😢
Got back to the Cartermaran, Keith flew the drone and got some footage of the 5 of us in the Bahamas on the Cartermaran. Took some Final-Grasshoppers'-Bahamian-Sunset-on-the-Cartermaran pics before going in so they could ensure everything got hung up to dry and pack.
Roo lost her tooth just in time for Lori to bring it back home for us. Then the tooth fairy can visit when we get back!
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