From Donny's we went north for about 2.5 hours at 5.5kts and went almost 14nm to get to Powell
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| This picture shows where we are on Green Turtle, shows Powell in the upper corner, with Manjack between that and the blue dot at Donny's and No Name to the south of Green Turtle. |
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Powell Cay |
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| Sunken barge |
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| Rocky coastline |
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| Rock island |
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| Escape looks nice |
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| FFF at sunset |
We stopped by a boat that had been at Donny's Dock and were invited to a bonfire later that night. We went to shore and had a great time with two boats from the dock and another family on a boat. The kids had a great time playing in the surf, throwing dried grass on the fire, watching "fire fairies", and throwing sticks in the fire. They also enjoyed the hotdogs and marshmallows cooked in the fire and popcorn that Ken and Francie brought.
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| Noah, his mom and sister |
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| Ken and Francie. They left the marina one day and came back a few days later with two boats. They had been thinking about getting a trawler and found one. Now they have two boats to get back to the States! |
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| Shay and Noah's dad |
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Us
You can see the sunken barge in this picture
Sunken boat near the shore. Don't want to run into this!
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| We saw lots of beautiful starfish. |
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| Large partially sunken crane |
We went exploring and walked around the southern end of the island. David and Emma decided to turn around and go back the same way they came. We decided to walk all the way around the southern tip. We walked part of the way along the shore and when it got too rocky, we went inland and walked thru the pine trees. We walked most of the way back until David and Emma came in their dingy and rescued us. We could had made it on our own, but we were getting tired and thirsty, so we were glad for the rescue.
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| We found a beautiful beach on the other side of the island. |
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| Beach Art! |
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This one was HUGE!
He did not like being messed with.
This was what the interior of the island looked like. Not what we expected. It reminded me of walking thru the woods at home.
Cannonball? We thought about bringing it back to the boat, but it was heavy!
Escape and FFF
Escape
 
Sunset
 
FFF at sunset.
The next day we came back to Manjack or Nunjack Cay. We traveled south for about 2 hours at 4.5kts and went about 5.6nm. There is a shallow mangrove creek that goes thru part of the island. Its a great place to explore by dingy and see turtles and rays. Of course, we all went exploring and saw lots of turtles and rays. You have to be careful and watch the tide, you don't want to get caught in the creek at low tide. Unless you're ok with carrying you dingy out over the shallow water. We couldn't spend much time there since we went in on a falling tide and were not crazy about carrying our dingy out!
Where are those turtles? You promised we'd see turtles!
FFF sailing away!
 Shay in charge of the helm.  Anchored at Manjack.  
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Large ray in the mangrove creek. Look at his long tail!
Cute Tiki Hut out in the water. Great photo op.
English hen.
There are several houses on the island and at least one is a full time residence. We met them at Shorty's back on Green Turtle and enjoyed talking to them. They have lived there 24 years. There is no power to the island and their water supply is collected in a cistern. They have hydroponic gardens and raise chickens. They came to Green Turtle to get chicken food to take back to the island. They are nice enough to allow us cruisers to walk thru their "farm" to cross the island to get to the beach on the Atlantic. Its a long hilly walk and really not worth the walk. We have seen much prettier beaches than that one. I would love to spend more time with them and talk about their adventures. Maybe next time!
FFF enjoying the sunset at Manjack.
Our other island hopping adventure was to No Name Cay, better known as Piggyville Beach! Yes there are pigs here. We took the dingy there on a calm day. It's about 5nm and took about a half hour by dingy. We went with FFF and luckily for the pigs they remembered to bring food!
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This shows how close Pig Beach is to the southern end of Green Turtle. The white sandy beach on the left is the one we go shelling on and the white beach across from it is where the pigs are. 
See, the weather was perfect for a dingy ride to see the pigs! The water was dead calm.
FFF leads the way! We're not sure what David is trying to communicate thru hand signals?
Welcoming committee
 
Emma is having a serious discussion with these piglets...
....and now the mum!
Three little piggies go "Wee-wee-wee" all the way up the beach!
  
Don't worry, we put it back in the water.
    
I think the pigs have a great PR team! Don't You?
   
"Me, me, me"
   
Another beautiful day in paradise!
 
We see vacationers coming and going all the time at all the places we go. All the island hopping we have done is something that people come to the Abacos to do. And they pay dearly for the chance. Feed the pigs. See the turtles and rays. Walk on these white sand, clear water beaches. They plan for months and sometimes get to a place and the weather is bad or something else happens to spoil their plan. That happens to us too, but we usually have the option of waiting a day or two until things work out. Those vacationers don't.
I have thanked Shay several times for making this lifestyle possible. We are so blessed to be able to spend time in the places we have been in the past 5 years. Don't get me wrong. This didn't just "happen". We made it happen by planning, saving and working to make it a reality. But I am thankful for all the things we get to do and see. Hope we can continue for many more years!
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