1st night - 9th-Scotland cay- pork chop - man yelled at us, ate dinner(potato/carrots, salad, avo, can tuna)
Didn’t sleep well.
Swam in hot tub parallel with a string ray. Amazing experience, don’t know how to describe it. Looking eye to eye in a race but keeping up with each other. Just wanted to keep going and going.
Day 2- 10th-bakers bay, hot dogs, sweet potatoes, kale salad
Stayed night, no wind, baker bay swim
2 Pair butterfly raccoon fish with the little dot
Pair of red parrot fish that looked so happy
Pair of trigger black fish
Hudson bday-microwave stopped working, cooked cake on stove
Bakers bay swim-5grouper, eel, pair blue parrot fish looking happy smiling, lots bait balls, lobster, huge black angel fish
2nd swim- blue dotted fluorescent fish, bright blue angel fish, shark
3rd swim- saw shark,swimming and see bird above, engrossed in nature, swam through coral and just seemed so magic
Day 3-11th-Manjack- jelly fish, murky, boys built eco system, went with Dylan and Hudson in dingy- Hudson…dog in park and went zoom, sooo adventurous! Know Hudson’s having fun!
Enjoyed moments with them. Really trying to be close to them, that is what they need and wanting.
Moment with little white fish. 5 curious about me staring at me then wiggling then butt towards me, mom and babies
Swam with Dylan to the rock. Adventure with Hudson and Dylan in the dinghy. Taking me to the shark and rays. Then, going to anchor in the sand. They felt empowered and we felt connected!
Day 4-Weds 12th-Powell Cay-Dylan Hudson Justin and I went on an adventure around the corner to a private beach. We played with the go pro and Dylan and i swam to the rock and back. He gave me a price of coral and Hudson gave me a shell. Then, went back to boat, ate, then another swim. Jellyfish, swimming through them. Amazing experience adding to the boys and Justin’s ecosystem. Felt addicting. Amazing experience: would look up and see circle around the sun and all the circle jellies. Jellies soft to touch the dome side. Then got stung by the rocks. Lots of boats came in so we left. Started raining. Went outside the cove and tried to anchor by the reef. Boys were freaking out. So we left to go to Powell caye.
Powell Cay-Not great swimming water. Grassy and dark. So, paddle boarded. Smooth water, glassy, calm, no other boats. Beautiful. Hung out on boat, then watched sunset and Hudson’s video he made from the day with popcorn.
Dinner-fried tofu, potatoes, salad, microwaved peppers, microwaved rice.
Day 5-13th-bday-backside Powell Cay
Woke with coffee, did puzzle, went for paddle with the boys, glassy, went along the shore then around the wreck and back to boat. Hudson said this is the best!
Then took dinghy to the wreck just us 3. Fun to see how the boys help and take charge. So fun to see all the fish with them and be brave! Went back to get Justin. Then we ate lunch and left.
Went to backside of Powell cay-beautiful spot 20 min away.
Went for a swim, saw a little tiny wave breaking. Beautiful beach, found sand dollar. Swam around rocky point. Found an anchor. Ate snacks, puzzle. Started raining. Hung out in gally. Went for another swim to find camera mom had spotted. A barracuda was following us. Ate burgers, s. Pot, corn, 3 bean salad. Strawberries, choc for dessert. Played speed cards inside. Puzzle and watched sunset
Day 6-14th- Allan’s Caywoke didn’t sleep good bc bug bites. Water full and out so left. Anchored by reef and took dinghy to snorkel. Sunfish, big grouper, huge parrot, swan back to boat
Spanish cay-rain, stopped for dinghy gas, dinks and mayo. Had nothing but ketchup, hot sauce, beach toys. Worked out on way.
Stopped and stayed night
Allan’s cay-
boys, Justin and I went adventure in dinghy, snorkeled around rock with Comrade birds and saw 12 barracuda, lobster trap with big lobster and lots of fire coral.
Robbie’s pasta salad-artichokes, green and black olives, capers, vegan feta, balsamic vinegar, artichoke oil, cut up fine kale, cooked bell peppers, cucumber, cooked rotini pasta and chill
Day 7-15th-woke did adventure to inlet, swim workout, saw huge lobster and rock formation underwater with sand over it. Found amazing conch shell with hermit crab and hole like a hand weight then went in middle of inlet and underwater coral garden!
Moraine cay-checked and super windy from south so left to go back towards manjack but wind wouldn’t be good for it either so stopped at hurricane hole-Justin, boys and I went around the bend and anchored along the beach. Saw weirdest fish and lots of bottles. Bottle beach-went for a long swim doing butterfly backstroke and swimming. Saw flying gurnard, hairy black frog scorpion fish, boys saw huge short nose bat fish, whole crab molten and alive one
Ate white rice, mushroom-broccoli-spinach-tofu with garlic, basalmic, cauliflower-carrot-squash, guac, coleslaw mix, salmon
Day 8-16th- hurricane hole. Talked a lot in morning. Went to beach, swam exercise, saw black leaf frog fish, left to bakers bay. Crossword puzzle, cooked spaghetti, little workout. Justin saw shark during evening swim that had a lot of current so didn’t really swim, Justin Hudson gramps went out in dinghy
Day 9-bakers bay, storm in the night, stroke lightening, morning beautiful-went for swim off boat and current was strong so came back to the boat. Justin saw a shark. Did workout behind boat. After lunch we went to baker bay beach and I swam all the way down to rocks and back, Robbie Bobby walked the beach and then we swam back to boat, boys and Grammie gramps in dinghy. Justin saw another shark along the beach. I saw 2 sun fish. Nice long hour swim in beautiful crystal clear water!!! Best swim ever! Thunder and rain all around us. Saw dolphins while I was cooking!! Waited until storm allowed us to leave and get closer to marsh harbor. Lots of thunder and lightning. Got to our anchor place and anchored and it started dumping rain. Packed up and watched more Gilligan island. Ate black beans, sweet potatoes, corn, garlic, broc, cauliflower, guac, salad. Made into burgers with cheese.
Day 10-woke up, hung out, finished packing and went to the harbor, hung out in the boat until time to leave. Saw the new 46 foot catamaran....beautiful boat! Great layout. In love with it. Cab lady got the time wrong but it worked out so we didn't have to sit in the airport for as long. Airport is very very boring. Can take food, don't really care! Packed pb, cereal, beans, coffee didn't manage to eat and it all made it home!! Plane was delayed but smooth sailing once it came in.
Layover in Miami then overnight in the DFW airport-amazing hotel and super convenient. Took 5 min to get to the gate. Lounge was crowded but nice food.