This is a Juvenile French Angel Fish - he was too young to be scared and acted like he was posing for us on the small reef we snorkeled at Lynyard Cay.3/7/09 With the prediction of “Chamber of Commerce Weather” it was time to find a beach to walk. “Chamber of Commerce Weather” is what Patti on the morning Abaco Cruisers net calls it when we are going to have PERFECT weather, highs in the upper 70’s and light wind, because it is what the Chamber of Commerce advertises in their brochures. We decided to head to Lynyard Cay which is basically a deserted island with nice beaches for sea glass collecting, Temptation decided to join us. After anchoring at Lynyard we had lunch and went to the beach. We found LOTS of sea glass. We invited Temptation over for dinner and enjoyed an evening of Triominos and Uno.
3/8/09 A perfect day as predicted! The morning was spent on the beach picking up sea glass. After lunch was low tide. At low tide you can walk around the south end of the island. We found some sea glass and a few shells. After our walk Wayne decided to get in the water and check out the bottom of Born to Cruise. He cleaned a little on the bottom of the boat and said it looked great!
3/9/09 Another perfect day! The morning was once again spent walking the beach looking for sea glass. After lunch, Wayne and Earl decided to go on a hunting trip on the reef between Lynyard and Little Harbor to look for lobster. They took the dinghy and snorkeled for hours. We had heard that there were lobster in the reef at the end of the island. . They returned empty handed but did find a small reef on the inside of Lynyard that had some nice fish, which made it a nice place to snorkel. Wayne had taken some underwater pictures, a few turned out pretty good. I sorted sea glass and wrote a blog entry.
We were surprised to see our Northwest Creek friends on Chanceux pull into the anchorage. We took the dingy over for a visit and to see how they had enjoyed the Exumas. Today was Karen and Earl’s 35th anniversary, they invited Chanceux and us over to Temptation after dinner for champagne and cake to help them celebrate. It was an enjoyable evening catching up with friends.
3/10/09 Another Chamber of Commerce Day! Karen, Wayne and I went sea glass collecting in the morning. After lunch Wayne and I snorkeled on the reef that he found. It is a little reef on the inside of the south end of Lynyard Cay. To be such a small reef it was amazing to see such a variety of fish. We took lots of underwater pictures. The problem is the fish don’t pose very well, they tend to swim off. We were able to get a few good shots, but we also took a lot of pictures of coral where the fish used to be before they swam away. One problem with all underwater cameras is that unless you have the sun at your back you cannot see the view finder to see exactly what you are taking a picture of, so you just kind of aim and shoot the best you can. We are really enjoying the underwater case for our camera and the few good shots you get each time always make it worth trying again the next time. Temptation came over for an evening of Farkle and Mexican Train Dominoes.
3/11/09 Temptation headed for Marsh Harbor in the morning but we decided to stay and take advantage of yet another perfect day. We decided to wait and walk the beach after lunch at low tide to see if the sea glass hunting was any better. We have decided that the best time to find sea glass at Lynyard is at mid tide while it is falling. The space shuttle launch was scheduled for 9:20 and would go over the Abacos so we enjoyed the fabulous full moon and watched for the shuttle. We never saw the shuttle, later we found out the launch had been postponed until Sunday night, so we will try watching again on Sunday.
3/12/09 Should I mention that it was another perfect day? Once again we searched for sea glass in the morning and snorkeled with the underwater camera in the afternoon. There was not as much sea glass, maybe because we had already found so much! I am not complaining because my guess is that over the past week I had collected close to a gallon to sea glass! I have been sorting it by color. There are lots of colors of glass Kelly green, brown and clear being the most common, but we also have light blue, navy, lime green, gray, pirate black glass, lavender, aqua and teal. Next I will sort it by quality to see how well we did. No matter what the quality, it was fun collecting it.
3/8/09 A perfect day as predicted! The morning was spent on the beach picking up sea glass. After lunch was low tide. At low tide you can walk around the south end of the island. We found some sea glass and a few shells. After our walk Wayne decided to get in the water and check out the bottom of Born to Cruise. He cleaned a little on the bottom of the boat and said it looked great!
3/9/09 Another perfect day! The morning was once again spent walking the beach looking for sea glass. After lunch, Wayne and Earl decided to go on a hunting trip on the reef between Lynyard and Little Harbor to look for lobster. They took the dinghy and snorkeled for hours. We had heard that there were lobster in the reef at the end of the island. . They returned empty handed but did find a small reef on the inside of Lynyard that had some nice fish, which made it a nice place to snorkel. Wayne had taken some underwater pictures, a few turned out pretty good. I sorted sea glass and wrote a blog entry.
We were surprised to see our Northwest Creek friends on Chanceux pull into the anchorage. We took the dingy over for a visit and to see how they had enjoyed the Exumas. Today was Karen and Earl’s 35th anniversary, they invited Chanceux and us over to Temptation after dinner for champagne and cake to help them celebrate. It was an enjoyable evening catching up with friends.
3/10/09 Another Chamber of Commerce Day! Karen, Wayne and I went sea glass collecting in the morning. After lunch Wayne and I snorkeled on the reef that he found. It is a little reef on the inside of the south end of Lynyard Cay. To be such a small reef it was amazing to see such a variety of fish. We took lots of underwater pictures. The problem is the fish don’t pose very well, they tend to swim off. We were able to get a few good shots, but we also took a lot of pictures of coral where the fish used to be before they swam away. One problem with all underwater cameras is that unless you have the sun at your back you cannot see the view finder to see exactly what you are taking a picture of, so you just kind of aim and shoot the best you can. We are really enjoying the underwater case for our camera and the few good shots you get each time always make it worth trying again the next time. Temptation came over for an evening of Farkle and Mexican Train Dominoes.
3/11/09 Temptation headed for Marsh Harbor in the morning but we decided to stay and take advantage of yet another perfect day. We decided to wait and walk the beach after lunch at low tide to see if the sea glass hunting was any better. We have decided that the best time to find sea glass at Lynyard is at mid tide while it is falling. The space shuttle launch was scheduled for 9:20 and would go over the Abacos so we enjoyed the fabulous full moon and watched for the shuttle. We never saw the shuttle, later we found out the launch had been postponed until Sunday night, so we will try watching again on Sunday.
3/12/09 Should I mention that it was another perfect day? Once again we searched for sea glass in the morning and snorkeled with the underwater camera in the afternoon. There was not as much sea glass, maybe because we had already found so much! I am not complaining because my guess is that over the past week I had collected close to a gallon to sea glass! I have been sorting it by color. There are lots of colors of glass Kelly green, brown and clear being the most common, but we also have light blue, navy, lime green, gray, pirate black glass, lavender, aqua and teal. Next I will sort it by quality to see how well we did. No matter what the quality, it was fun collecting it.
No comments:
Post a Comment