We anchored in three different spots around Pipe Cay.  There is a very flat sandy area near the island and then a nice snorkeling place on the east side of the bay.  Topaz and I swam over there and when returning to the boat the tidal current trapped us.  We couldn’t get back to Makai and had to yell for the dinghy to get us.  The current between the islands flows like a river that is too strong to swim into.  Later, we swam off the back of Makai with a line tied to a fender floating down stream.  The current was so strong that when some of us got out past the fender, the dinghy had to come get us.

Now that we’re out of the Land and Sea Park, Roy gets to hunt.  Spear fishing is more like hunting because you search for the prey, sneak up on it and poke it with the pointy end of the pole spear.

Roy is a great hunter.  I was searching one side of the reef when I spotted him swimming toward the dinghy with this guy on the end of his spear waving in the air like a flag.

Roy and I can get two meals out of a lobster this size.

The next place we anchored had beautiful sand bars a short distance away.  We could easily swim there except for the current.  If anyone decides to swim, it needs to be at slack tide and the dinghy has to be ready for a rescue mission.

We had fun piling up the sand to see how long it would take the tide to cover it, or trudging through soft squishy sand. Every once in awhile a deep pool would form and we called it our swimming hole.

While the first two anchorages had great things to offer, the no-see-ums came out in the evening and bit us up Then a cold front was due to rain on our parade and we had to move again to find shelter from the west winds.

Inside Pipe Creek we met up with friends on C Spirit.  They live in Hawaii but are spending the season sailing from Massachusetts to the Bahamas on Grandpa’s boat.  They have 4 girls that Genny and Marie are having a blast with.  We’re having fun on the beaches, snorkeling, sailing and we’re learning a lot about fishing and cooking fish from Jamie and Nancy.

I’m not sure how they found this little flounder, it looks like a dollop of sand in Jamie’s palm.

Roy got a few tips on using the pole spear for fish, Jamie checked off the good eating fish in Roy’s book, and then they went out to find dinner.

Roy gets excited about using his fishing poles, but then he has to just sit and wait for a fish to think his lure looks delicious.  Now he can actively go out and find a fish.

Pot luck dinner on Makai tonight.
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The girls on the other had have more fun goofing off.

Genny creates a challenge for anyone on the board, she insists on rocking until people start falling off.  So in the end, we don’t get very far because we’re constantly going back to pick up lost riders.

The sand bar makes us want to play in the sand.

One more fishing trip in this location.  We looked for lobster for hours the day before and today at the very last place we dove Roy came up with this.  Pot luck on Makai again.

This lobster and the two fish he got served 4 of us.  Lobster season ends in March, but then grouper season begins.

The nice thing about friends is that they have new toys.  Marie happily strums their ukulele, and when they come over here the Little Pet Shop toys come out.

So, it looks like all fun and games, but occasionally we have work to do.  Most mornings Eric works on the computer, the kids do school work, I cook 3 meals a day plus snacks.  Last night we had a big rain and I collected 3 buckets of water to wash sheets and towels with.  We had pixies jumping on the trampoline (the name can be misleading, you aren’t supposed to jump on it).  In a place where two pieces of tramp fabric were sewn together, the stitches broke.

Since everything was clean and salt free from last night’s rain storm, we brought it back and gave the sailrite sewing machine a project while the laundry dried on the life lines.