Loaded up into the tender to go to shore. We took the obligatory national park sign picture and then took a little trail to the Atlantic side of the island. The water was much rougher and Ben said it had a bit of an undertow, so the kids didn't get in.
The sand here is considered pink, even though it doesn't look super pink, you can tell that some pink corals definitely contributed to the sand. We've seen this at a few beaches in the out Islands.
We ventured around the curve of the crescent beach to some big rocks. I read that there was a rope to hold onto to help people up to the top of the rocks, so we walked over to it.
Ben, Bear, and Roo went up first, each of them gasping once they could see over the top. When I climbed up, I could see why! The views were stunning. The beautiful Bahamas blues, with the waves crashing on the craggy rock in the foreground was a sight to see. Moose wasn't excited to walk over here from the other beach and thought I was lying about the rock climb. Once he saw it was real, he perked back up. We explored from the top of the rocks for a while before descending back down the rock face.
The tall rock we climbed up acted like a breakwater for this little cove so the beach over here was much calmer and had no undertow. We hung out, swam, beached, and built for a while.
On our way back to the other side of the island, Roo and I picked up several handfuls of trash that had washed ashore. Some of our noteworthy finds were 3 single shoes, a plastic hair barrette, and a sippy cup lid... the rest of the trash included a lot more plastic bags, plastic bottles, and soda bottle lids. We likely could've picked up more, but we only had our hands to hold it all and got to a point where we were dropping and picking up stuff that was already in our hands more than grabbing new pieces.
On the beach on the other side, we did some more beaching, swimming, floating, and hanging. Moose was determined to find the most rare boa constrictor that only lives on this island and was discovered in 2015- a Conception Bank Silver Boa. Although he found some of their trails, he sadly did not see any snakes.
Bear and Moose snorkeled this side of the island since it was much calmer and had a few good finds.
Tomorrow we plan to take the Chicken through the mangroves trail. We have to go an hour before high tide and be back out by an hour after high tide, so we've got 2 hours to explore. We knew we wouldn't make it out there today for high tide, so we will go tomorrow.
Took a morning tender ride through the mangroves in turquoise water an hour before high tide. No issues with the tide getting into or out of the area. Just cruised through all of the routes until they deadended or got too shallow.
Back to the boat for lunch and sunscreen, then off to explore and play at the beaches.
Some days I don't have much to document because we don't do much. Today is one of those days. We were chilling out on the island for most of the day. It is so gorgeous here. The best part is that it is so secluded from the tourists and we get it all to ourselves!
I could stay here for several more days... or weeks. So could Roo. Moose can't fish here because it is a national park, so he is itching to move on. We will head to Cat Island in the morning.
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