Day 136 Dolphins on the Bow, and Snorkeling the “ Washing Machine”

 

God sent us a “see ya later” sign from Exumas.

Standing so I can read water depth.

Mom, I made sure my gross toe nails were covered in sand! 

Today we had a half day sail off the Exuma’s to Shroud Cay. We had two dolphins swim on the bow for a bit….. The water was choppy so we opted not to jump in the water and swim with the dolphins this time …. Ha ha. We anchored up, and waited for high tide to take the dinghy through the mangrove creek over to the “washing machine“ (for the second time, first time was with Jessica’s sister Noelle one month ago). We feel so fortunate to be able to repeat a few of our favorite places such as this. This is an area where the mangrove creek dumbs into the ocean and creates a swirling effect. We snorkeled around and had a good time going down current, then swimming sideways to go upstream. We took Alli to the beach and met an Australian Labradoodle that was cute as could be. The owners did not have the tennis ball to throw so I donated my sandal, and got a big tear in it. But it was worth it to see this dog go into 2 feet deep water and stand up on its back legs and look for the sandal that was thrown into the water. Then we watched the sun go down at this anchorage, which is our last night in the Exumas. We have been here since January 11th and have so enjoyed all that we have seen. Tomorrow we sail towards Nassau.