Allen's Cay and Highborne Cay, Exumas 12/19-12/21

We have made it to paradise!  The past couple of days have been beautiful and we are so happy to be here. This is what we had in mind! The ride to the exumas went smooth and the water was so calm and glassy. It was also much more shallow, so the water was a beautiful turquoise color.
We got to Allen's Cay late afternoon and found a great anchorage tucked between three small islands- Allen's Cay, Leaf Cay, and SW Allen's cay.

These little islands are popular and known for the iguanas. There are tons that come running out to you when you bring your dinghy up to the beach. Apparently, everyone feeds them, so they come running out to meet you. It was pretty funny. There were tons of them.

12/20 We got up and the kids did school while Paul got himself hoisted up to the top of the mast (yes, Jack and I are really strong) to check on the antenna which is not working so well for our long range radio. The antenna is still not working, but Paul took some really cool pictures while he was up there.

After our school and work projects, we went to visit the iguanas. Then we took the dinghy to some reefs to snorkel and do the hooka diving. It was really pretty and we saw lots of coral and cool fish.

 

 

In the afternoon, we decided to take the boat over to Highborne Cay. We loved our spot at Allen's, but several more boats came into the anchorage and it was getting a little crowded. So we came to Highborne and that only took about 45 minutes. We anchored in a nice spot at the northwest end that is a little quieter. We then swam over to the beach here and walked around. It is very peaceful and beautiful here and we are feeling so grateful to be here.

12/21 After school work and cleaning we all went for a little swim for some exercise. It was getting pretty windy and the waves were getting bigger, so we couldn't go dinghy to the good snorkeling spots. We decided to move down to the southern part of highborne where it is more protected from the wind and bigger waves. Glad we did this. Just after we anchored this afternoon, the wind got really strong and it has been raining a little. It will probably be very windy and a little rainy for the next day or so. We might be doing some much needed inside boat cleaning projects tomorrow. We will see how the weather goes.