Leeward Marina.
We took a 3 hour beach tour with Silver Deep. This excursion is part of the package we get at OCW.
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Parrot Cay Resort...they must be picking up their guests and transporting them over to Parrot Cay.
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Ta-tanka is the boat we'll be going on. Looks like it holds lots of passengers...
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Best thing is Pringles is our Captain today. Our friend Shaun is his son. Gracie meets her favorite rasta lovers Dad!
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The obligatory stop at Iguana Island.
There were about 30 or 40 people with us.
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All the kids on board loved it...but we stayed on the beach and swam a bit...Grace Bay was rough for a few days and we welcomed the flat water.
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It's amazing how calm it was compared to Grace Bay.
We had a Ray swim right by us.
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Pringles kept us inside amongst the cays where the water was calm and perfect for snorkeling.
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Again we just enjoyed swimming in the calm waters and watched the others snorkel. They all seemed to have a great time and saw plenty of sea life.
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I guess in and around these rocky formations is interesting snorkling...but we were happy chilling out in the flat ocean.
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It was beautiful out here...
we will always remember...if Grace Bay is rough and wavy just explore a bit and it's calm somewhere...
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We could see all the beautiful homes being built on the south eastern part of the island...oh to have money!
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Captain Pringles brought us to Big Water Cay. The calm and shallow side. We had to trek thru the water to get to the island and explore.
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It was an adventure going thru the uneven sand and grass looking out to not fall in the holes of some unknown sea life...we thought it was fun but I'm sure the pregnant ladies on board weren't thinking fun...
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We got ashore and found a spot to sit and get our bearings...
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I think we came in from this direction...after the iguanas and before snorkeling...
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This is Big Water Cay and Half Moon Bay is on Big Water Cay...hmmm...let's go find it...
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Pringles told us to go that way...it's on the Atlantic side of the islands and will be choppy like Grace Bay is but we'd love to go explore our way there...
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Come'On Steve...
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It's pretty flat and scrubby...but TCI's are flat and scrubby for the most part...
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I can still zoom in and see our boat clearly but it feels like we've walked pretty far...
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Over the little dune and we were suddenly amongst the sea again...
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The water seemed to wind thru the inner parts of this island...during high tide it's obvious behind me would have been inches of ocean...
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It was gorgeous...a nice surprise...
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I was so happy we went on this boat trip and decided to explore this island...beautiful walk it was...
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It opens up and you can see out past the cays into the deeper waters...
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Let's go over there and over that little hill and see if we can find Half Moon Bay...it's here somewhere.
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The shallow water winding inland had these holes in it...the same as on our way from the boat...wonder what lives in there?
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Those trees look familiar to me...we gotta be close...
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This was one of my favorite afternoons of the whole week...
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LOOK...LOOK!!!!
It's Half Moon Bay!
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It was certainly not the same calm and glass like waters we had a few days earlier...
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Our conch salad picnic was down the other end...the different view is nice...
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The afternoon sun was perfection...
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Amazing how rough the water is over here...so glad we got to come here while it was so calm...
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We were heading back when others from our group we just arriving...
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I love how the little baby mangroves line the waters edge...
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Ta Tanka is over there somewhere...
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Still too far to see...maybe over this hill...
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I think we snorkeled over there between those two small cays...
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We'll sit and enjoy the view while we wait for the rest of the explorers...
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This black stone was all over...
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Not really a stone though...sandstone is what Pringles said it is...
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I think if we do another half day trip I'll try for afternoon again...this was a perfect day...
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