Staniel Cay April 29-May 1

     In quest of new adventures (Richard) and email/internet connectivity (Kay), we departed Exuma Land and Sea Park at Warderick Wells and traveled south to Staniel Cay, famed home of a BTC cellular tower.  It was a beautiful day, and Bahamian waters were showing their prettiest color palette.  After dropping anchor just west of Big Majors Spot, we soon spotted PIGS.  The old saying was, “when pigs fly”, but here, PIGS SWIM!  They have been known to even try to climb in the boat.

 

Who Says Pigs Can't Swim?

"Here, Piggy, Piggy"

 
 

"C'mon, I'll Teach You How To Beg"

    





We visited Staniel Cay Settlement by dinghy, made a dinner reservation (including menu selections) at the Staniel Cay Yacht Club, bought a loaf of hot, just out of the oven cinnamon raisin bread at Ms. Ronda’s bakery, toured the town, and visited BTC.  The BTC office in Freeport which had installed and initiated the SIM card on our Ipad had failed to enter a critical piece of data, hence it did not work (remember Sgt. Schultz?).  Thanks to the help of cruising friends who had a similar experience, we had obtained the needed information and corrected the issue, but I wanted to confirm that no further setup was necessary for when it comes time to “reload” the data package.  We visited with Krogen friends on Fat Bottom Girl who were awaiting some charter guests, and motored around the Thunderball grotto in the harbor made famous in the James Bond movie.  This stop has been a reminder that there are signs of civilization, even though we haven’t seen many of them lately!

Staniel Cay Yacht Club

Be Sure The Sharks
Are Well-fed Before
You Pet Them...Can
You See The Ray?
 

Staniel Cay Yacht Club