2/25
Why yes, that *is* a Texas-sized birthday card made out of a Miller Lite box - what?
For D’s birthday week, we checked out the southern Berries and it was awesome! It was an easy trip up to Hoffman’s Cay where we spotted two other Geminis sitting in a quaint little anchorage.
At first, we had a bit of trouble anchoring in the high current and grassy cove, but soon moved about and found ourselves sitting right on the beach (well, about six feet off the beach). We could literally step off the boat, into 4 feet of water and walk 10 steps to the shore. Drafting so little and being able to stand next to the boat is also super-helpful in cleaning the bottom (which I did while D hunted for lobster; teamwork, right?).
After a beautiful first night, D and I took the dinghy out on a little ride up to Hoffman’s Blue Hole. After scraggaling up hill, we turned the corner and there it was: a giant, seemingly bottomless blue hole. Apparently, they’re all over the Bahamas and get their water from trickles in the limestone (there’s no “out” to the hole).
Even though it didn’t seem likely there were any sea monsters calling this blue hole home, we opted not to jump in less we scraggle up some mossy-yet-sharp rocks to get out. Plus, there was a cool cave just under the main ledge and we had fun cooling off, checks out old firepits and the flotsam and jetsom of previous explorers.
We found a happy dog in this cave!
And, he found a nap
Once getting our fill, we headed back to the big boat and D got ready to go hunt for some lobster. After about three hours of locating his catch and getting his technique down, we were rewarded! D came home with his 1st lobster, yes, 1st as in “1”. Aww, well. One seabug is better than no sea bugs, right?
D's first lobster catch (of many we hope!)
Anywho, it was another great day on the water – here’s to birthday weeks!
Homemade macaroons!
Talk soon,
L, D and Mr. K