2-17-17 Moraine Cay

Moraine Cay

Our next stop was at another uninhabited island, Moraine Cay. This is a privately owned Cay but Active Captain (0ne of our resources for anchoring, marinas and just about anything else we want to know) said the owners welcome visitors. They just ask that you pick up plastic trash and take a bit with you. Which of course we did on every island where we stopped.

There is a beautiful beach that we dinghied to. We saw some rather large sea trout on our dinghy ride in. Scott had his spear in hand hoping for a little luck. We snorkeled just off the beach not really expecting to see much and we didn’t. That is until we really started looking. On the edge of the grass there were beautiful tropical fish, purple and yellow and black and white. We saw a flounder. What a weird fish. He was the exact color of the sand and was partially buried in the sand to hide. When we got close you could see his eyes watching us. He wasn’t big enough for dinner and the trout were too skittish to get near. So the spear goes unused again. We also saw large conch crawling along the bottom. We didn’t have internet to google how to clean and cook them so they got to stay. Sea urchins, sea biscuits, pencil fish, etc.

On the Cay there are three homes and one shed. There was also a dock to land a boat. On the dock it said: morainecay.com. I guess you can rent these cottages. I wonder if you have to bring all your own water food etc. And what about the bathroom. hmmmm? Will look it up someday. There is now power or fresh water on these Cays that are uninhabited. It sure would be a treat to stay there for a week.