2012-01-14 - to George Town, Exuma

We are heading back to George Town today (sigh) after spending two wonderful days here at Emerald Bay.

2012-01-11 to 13 - to Emerald Bay Marina, Great Exuma

After Roxy and Robert left, Connor was very upset (as we all were) and was sorely missing them.  Within an hour a dinghy pulled up with a family including in little boy, named Christian.  They are from an identical boat to ours named 'Anne Bonney' and they came by to see if the boys could get together to play.  Connor was thrilled.  It really turned his emotions around and they connected immediately.  Christian came to our boat for a while and then later Connor went to play with them at the beach.  It was great to meet such a great kid.  The kids we have met so far have been a bit older and some haven't been as friendly as we had expected boater kids to be which is a shame.  Anyway, they were like two peas in a pod!  On the 12th, we ended up heading up together to Emerald Bay Marina just 10 miles north of Georgetown.  This little break is what we all needed.  It has TV (check pic above), Internet (hence the blog update), laundry (free!)...wow, showers (double wow!).  Another boat with kids were here and they had fun running around the club house enjoying being indoors for a while.  It's quite opposite of what parents want for kids, but when we are in the outdoors 24 hours per day....it is a fun change.  In the club house there is a small bar area that doesn't look like it is being used regularly.  We ended up bringing up our blender and enjoying shared snacks with Anne Bonney!  It was a great night.  Tomorrow we head back to George Town.  sigh.  I really could get used to this.

2012-01-01 to 10th - in George Town, Exumas



Happy New Year.  This entry is a bit of a catch-up.  Roxy and Robert arrived on January 1st and were with us until the 10th.  It was a fabulous time and we really enjoyed all the days together.  Fitting in the blog just wasn't happening as the days were just too full.  Here is just a sampling of  pictures of what we did throughout the 10 days.....enjoy!





This little fella was underneath the boat the first morning!  We swam with him
and I snapped this picture.  Check out the teeth!



This little Ghost Crab entertained us at the beach.  They are quick to scurry and
their eyes poke out of the sand to see if you are gone.  Very cute!



Happy 8th Birthday Connor!

Robert finds a treasure under the boat.



I think Roxy won this posing contest!




Connor and Robert go spear fishing.  Didn't catch anything but they loved
the experience.  Connor demonstrates his pole spear handling!

Snapped a picture of a rare mermaid!

Robert hunting!

A hike on top of Stocking island.  It was quite the trek ending on a steep incline
at the end where you use a rope to climb down!

Exploring rocks and holes on our hike.

Roxy experiences 'boater hygeine'!





Swimming with the dolphins.  They had a chance to jump in and swim

with Nikki and her babies (regular dolphins in the harbour).  It was amazing!  Connor

was thrilled that they came within 2 feet of him and did some acrobatics.  He

was also excited that they 'smiled' at him as they did it.

  

The entrance to Lake Victoria to pick up groceries and water in Georgetown. 



Roxy experiences the stingray swimming between her legs on the beach



Beach Church happens every Sunday on the Chat n Chill beach! 
Toes in the sand and kids sit in the tree to listen to volunteer boaters
giving a nice message.



Saying 'Good bye' the last day!