Friday February 27: Having Fun - Day 2

Thanks to Jenna Star and I Think I Can ... for sharing their photos!

Steve was up early enough Monday morning to catch the sunrise.

The weather forecast was finally just what was predicted! After a quick breakfast it was time to head out of the marina and on to Newfound Harbor.

We carefully headed out of the marina with Steve on the bow to watch for the deepest water. This channel is pretty shallow - even for our 3.8' draft. Success! No scraping of the bottom of the keel :-)

Our route from Banana Bay yesterday is in red on the chart left. Today we would retrace our path back out to the ocean side - heading southwest to the entrance to Newfound Harbor (in yellow).





I Think I Can ... was in the lead as we headed out from Bahia Honda.

We were next and Jenna Star followed behind.

The ocean side was much calmer than yesterday so it was a very pleasant hour and a half trip to Newfound harbor. We were in and anchored by noon or so.

Time to do some relaxing :-) Maybe a good book on the flybridge?? What a gorgeous day.

Just one little project: getting the Bose noise canceling headphones working. One of Becky's Christmas gifts were Bose's new noise canceling ear buds so what was she to do with her "old" headphones?

Sure - we'd take them!! Just needed to clean the battery connection a bit. Special tool needed - a dremel bit taped to the end of an awl. Maybe Steve should patent that :-)

Now he can enjoy peace and quiet as we travel. The engine noise in the cabin is - well, let's just say the headphones will be a nice addition! Thanks, Becky!!

 It wasn't too long until the dinghies came down. There were several islands around that we wanted to check out.


In particular, one called Picnic Island. Once we were a bit closer, we discovered why it was called that! A perfect place place for a picnic - like a miniature Big Chief near Orillia on the Trent.

Sandy bottom, relatively shallow. Clearly a gathering place for the locals.

On one of the nearby islands, we found half a dozen frigatebirds resting in the mangroves. First time we've ever seen them up close. For more info on the frigatebird, click here.

Usually we are looking for them flying as they are often an indication there are fish around! So the instructions to me when we're trolling are always: look for sea grass lines and look for frigatebirds. When spotted - head that direction :-)

It was surprisingly warm in the sun (remember the cold from the north actually extends down this far ... just sayin ...). Not a problem for Cricket though. Cindy just uses Cricket's life jacket as a handle and dunks her feet in the water.

We may turn them in to the SPCA.

Meanwhile, Gidget found her spot for the ride around. Never fell in the water either!

After snacks and docktails on the aft deck of I Think I Can ... it was time to follow George and Nancy as they headed back toward Picnic Island.

From there it was possible to see the sun setting over water. Was it going to be our luck to see the green flash???







Sadly not but it was a great sunset anyway.

 Funniest thing spotted today? George and Nancy found this little crab sitting on a leaf - paddling his way to ???