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| Saying good-bye to Bennie |
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| "What do you think of my new duds!" |
We were leaving Conception and heading towards Long Island today. Before we could do that we had to return our pet Hermit crab, Bennie, to shore. Last night Connor had brought him back from the mangrove trip and wanted to keep him overnight to observe. The most interesting thing with this little guy was we offerred him some other shell options. He was in the traditional elongated land snail shell that most smaller hermit crabs 'wear'. We offerred a few other stylish options and he examined each one very carefully. As we quietly observed, we watched him stick his whole front of his body into the shell to 'try it out'. When he had decided on his new duds he lifted himself out of his old shell and put his very muscular back end into the new shell. The new shell he chose was a bit big and a bit more clumsy, but he soon got comfortable in it and struted about the bucket. But, we had to return him to shore, so we did that - said goodbye to Bennie - and lifted anchor for Long Island
It was a brisk sail and we saw 11 knots a few times throughout the day. As we pulled into the bay lots of other boats were calling this home as well. We saw the boat Makana. I had met the mom, Katie, in the George town computer store a few weeks ago and chatted with her for a while. She has a daughter, Hoku, who is 8 and said that if we were to meet again, Connor and Hoku could be buddies. So, Connor was excited to quickly jump in the dinghy to introduce himself and see if Hoku was interested in playing. A couple of the other boats were venturing inside the island in a 'high tide-only' mangrove that apparently went by a small town. Sounds great. Connor jumped in the dinghy with the Makana crew and a lady from a boat called Cookie Monster. We all ventured up the very shallow river but we were hitting bottom a few times with the dinghy full of 4 adults and Dylan. We pulled into a boat launch area where a local man was cleaning fish from his outing to a reef. There were at least 10 lobster and 1 very large Snapper laying out there. Lots of flies joined him as he cleaned his fish, throwing scraps into the water for the smaller fish that seemed to know it was feeding time. We all turned around and headed back to the anchorage. This bay has a very small resort call Cape Santa Maria Club. It seemed very nice and quiet and a great spot to unwind. We walked the beach and ventured into the main building to inquire about the services. We also wanted to inquire about the rental of a Hobie cat or the small sail boat that sat out on the beach. Connor has been dying to do a bit of sailing on a small sail boat. Unfortunately, it was only available to rent for the guests of the hotel. Seeing that know one was there, I would think that they would appreciate a bit of business and accept the hourly fee. They stuck to the rules and Connor did not get his sail. He did, however, have a great time with his new friend Hoku and they ran and played on the beach for a couple of hours. The sun was setting and we all had to retreat back to the boat. Makana would be leaving in the morning as they have guests joining them in Staniel Cay, but I am sure we will meet each other again.
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