Warderick Wells Cay

We moved onto Warderick Wells on Saturday afternoon for 3 nights.  Warderick Wells is the Exumas Land and Sea Park headquarters.  Once again, we were in another beautiful location with an array of water colors like you couldn't imagine.  

There was no internet or cell phone access.  We had to rely on folklore and “fact” when posed with a question, not google.  We felt like we solved most of the world problems without google.  Then we realized, we needed an official reference upon our next stop for most matters discussed.

The kids celebrated father’s day with all 3 dads individually (Russell - father of Drew/Alex, Revil - father of Nathan, Dan – father of Sydney).  They made them all breakfast and served it in bed – one at a time – and gave them cards that were made by hand.  They helped cook breakfast and sat and watched each one of them eat the entire breakfast in bed, then moved on to the next.  Since we were on a  different boat, the food was wrapped up and delivered – as we were told they were coming and to get back in bed.  Vicky, Kim, and I enjoyed a latte, while Dan, Drew, Alex, and Sydney enjoyed breakfast in bed.

Since we were well within the Land and Sea park where fishing is not allowed, we filled our days with snorkeling and diving.  Of course,  we saw the largest lobsters I have ever seen.  These things were monsters – as they should be – in a protected area.  Russell spotted a lion fish (which are destroying the reefs in the Bahamas and US) and speared it – as that is the only thing allowed to be taken from the park.  Much care was taken when cleaning the fish, as the spine is extremely poisonous.  With scissors, I cut all of the spines and fins off, and then cleaned it - for a sauteed snack later.

The next day was designated a diving day.  The 1^st dive of the day which included some folks from another boat (friends from Marco) that had joined us (Algorithms), was at an official dive site that had 6-8 sharks (we believe reef sharks) circling the boat when it stopped.  Only 3 of 6 divers went in – surprise, surprise.  On our last dive of the day, we came across an unmarked ship wreck.  It was a wooden boat with large (old) looking nails.  We were surprised by the discovery, especially that this was just a random place we thought would be nice to snorkel.   Below our mooring, there was another wreck of a sail boat that caught fire from electrical issues several years ago.  Of course, there was another HUGE lobster was sitting safely right below us (and within view of the Land and Sea Park office).

On the morning of our departure, we took a hike up Boo Boo Hill on the island, the marked trails lead us to a couple blow holes and a pile of drift wood that the park encourages boats to leave (for good luck and safe travels) that has the name of your vessel.

We didn’t leave our mark on the hill, but will definitely do so in the future.  We found another Aquaholic that was left early this year.

The blowhole is known to knock your hat off -

Vicky and the kids decided it was a good place to display a couple of Yoga poses -

We are headed to Cambridge for several nights (in search for an internet fix).  This new location is good because we are at the edge of the Land and Sea park – which will give us access to good snorkeling, diving, and fishing – while being moored safely on a mooring ball.