From Beach to Bacon

We decided to stay in Cambridge for one more night (Tuesday) as we knew that Staniel Cay didn’t have a beach that we felt would be nice to spend the day (you will see why later).  We spent the day enjoying the waters and taking a small hike to Honeymoon Beach – which was likely the most beautiful beach we have seen to date.  It was on the Exumas Sound side which had some waves.  

We all played in the waves and sand for a couple hours and headed back to our “camp” site for the rest of the afternoon.  

Of course, we enjoyed more Mahi Mahi for dinner that night as well, thanks to Wendy.

The next morning before leaving for Staniel Cay, we took a small hike to go visit Bell Rock via another  conch shell lined path we found.  

Greg found a small place in paradise that someone had built from debris that washed ashore.  This pretty much sums up the location we were staying.

In the early afternoon, we headed to the much anticipated Staniel Cay – where the swimming pigs reside.  This is the one place I really wanted to visit on this trip.  The swimming pigs didn’t disappoint.  

They swam right to the boat – begging for food/treats.  We had brought some old veggies and potatoes to feed the pigs. 

What Alex doesn't see - won't hurt her (look at my face) - 

They were huge,swimming, oinking pigs.  They came right up to the side of the boat, placed their jaws on the side and begged for food.  I would say, we missed the mouth more than ½ of the time when trying to feed them, as the lazy pigs only ate food that was perfectly placed (tossed) in their mouth.  Trust me, they weren’t starving by any means.  What we could have done with a rotisserie spit.....

The next day, we spent the day in the Staniel Cay settlement.  

We walked this very small settlement that has a population of 80.  The walk was pretty fast with a couple of very small markets, a house that made bread, a cafe/restaurant that runs out of food by noon, and a marina (and bar) with 18 boat slips to support the island. We proceeded to the Staniel Cay Yacht club for a couple of beers, cracked conch, and conch fritters.  

We returned later that evening (via the Boston Whaler) to eat in the restaurant for our 1^st dinner out of the trip.  We were very excited not to cook.

The consensus at the table was that Vicky and I and the Braai Master (BBQ Master) Revil, do much better at preparing a tasty dinner.  

We are off to Compass Cay marina for the next 3 nights and for the 4th of July.

Special note - as you can see the internet is blazing fast and I was able to post a bunch of pictures...LOL