Given some of the grand boats that are in this anchorage, we used our “support” vessel, wait… we are a “regular” cruiser’s boat, so therefore, the “dinghy” to explore waters not accessible to the SaltyMare. Through the shallows yesterday, and today we went out into the cut and around to the top of the “checkmark,” just boogieing around with our snorkel gear, looking. Find a spot, hop in, is it full of plain old absolutely gorgeous stuff that we have seen before? Enjoy and move on. Amazingly, we discovered a nice group of coral heads only about 100 feet from our boat where no one else seemed to have any interest. Broke out the “vintage” camera and underwater case (circa 2008) to try and capture a few shots of the wildlife. Starting on top left and working clockwise, Brain Coral, Great Star Coral with Blue Chromis, Christmas Tree Tube Worms nestled in Hump Coral, Flat-nosed Needlefish, collection of corals and purple sea fan amongst various corals, Barracuda, big Hump Coral!
But you know, no simple dinghy trip can be without adventure. At one stop our anchor picked up something. Of course, Susie can catch something… Even had a good fight! But, alas, inedible. She had to throw it back. Still victorious!
After exploring, we “returned the favor” and cooked steaks for the folks on Simplicity. (Naturally, they served us fresh catch, while we had to stick to beef from the freezer.) We awakened to a fiery sunrise, ready to move on.
Our Travels 