Fiddle Cay was a couple hour side trip. We heard it was Seabiscuit City so we had to go. On our approach to the island, our dinghy scared up a herd of sea turtles. We saw quite a few scoot off as we approached. It was so special to see them.
The Cay is not only known for it’s seabiscuits, but it is the location of a big party after a huge regatta in the summer. We found their bar, and many tables they built and use every year. I was glad to see there was no trash left behind.
The bar for the regatta.Someone put up swings. Fun.Tables for the Regatta. It must be a big party.
We didn’t find any trails, so we decided to snorkel in hopes of a turtle encounter. No luck on the turtles but there were seabiscuits everywhere. Not a ton to see but every new critter is so cool to see. I saw a sea cucumber that was over a foot long and as big around as a wine bottle. Weird animals.
Here is a live seabiscuit on the right and the shell on the left. They have tiny spines all over them and collect pieces of grass and shell to camouflage themselves.This one is particularly beautiful with the grey color.A Live SeabiscuitOur collection of SeabiscuitsPretty fan that washed up to the shallow water.
It was a very pretty cay, so this blog will be mostly pictures. Enjoy.
The waves have cut under this whole point.The waves created this amazing rock wall.
For a quick trip we really enjoyed this little spot.
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Scott and Karen
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There was hardly anything on the sand beach except for this little gathering of tiny Hermit Crabs.
It was an interesting day. While we were traveling, we were trolling. I had a nice size Mackeral on the line. You can tell they are mackeral by the way they give up the fight and just let you reel them in. I could see this one was a nice size. All the sudden he started to really fight. I thought well maybe it isn’t a mackeral, then it started coming in easy again. As I got it close to the boat the fish didn’t look right and I saw a shark coming after it. I reel really fast and the shark got scared of the boat and swam off. Yes my fish looked odd because the shark bit him right in half. How crazy it that!
Shark Attach on my fish!
Not only are we minus dinner, we had a tough time getting settled today. The winds were out of the west but supposed to clock around to out of the east. Where we are in the Sea of Abaco, there is the mainland on the West and the Keys on the East. The good thing is you can find a sheltered place from just about any wind….except when they change directions. We chose to go into our anchorage knowing it would be windy until the wind changed. Man it was howling and we couldn’t get our anchor to stay. Up it came and we jetted across the Sea of Abacos (at 8 mph our cruising speed. Not exactly jetting but….) We just arrived and the winds really kicked up. Because we were protected from the island, there were not big waves. I go on the bow to drop the anchor and it started to POUR. My rain coat worked well for what was covered but the rest of me was soaked. Scott felt terrible being up top cozy and dry driving the boat. Ahh the life of a boat wench. We no sooner got anchored and it all stopped. Guess what? the wind clocked around as predicted so off we go again across the Sea of Abaco back to our intended anchorage. What a crazy couple of hours. See folks it’s not all cold drinks and sunshine.
The is yet another uninhabited anchorage.
A very inviting place to take the dinghy.
There was a beautiful park setting when we got to shore with the dinghy. There were trails all over the Cay. One way went to Cooper’s Cottage and the other way to the Atlantic ocean.
Of course we had to see both. We found Cooper Cottage and it was quite a nice little place. It has solar and the roof, Tanks underneath for water, but it was completely boarded up for hurricane season, It was obvious no one has stayed there for quite a while. There were brutal burrs between the house and the beautiful bay. They stuck in the bottom of our flipflops. I have never seen anything like it. They were so sharp.
Cooper’s Cottage
We climbed through the clever gate to the bay.
Love this gate made of driftwood.
We walked down the beach to pick up the trail to the Atlantic. It was breathtaking when we got there. The color of the water can never be captured by a camera. We walked a short way down the beach and came across another house.
Unfinished deck. Upper and lower. Sad because they got the hard part done.
It was mostly built but something obviously stopped construction. It was sad to think someone’s dream ended and all their expense and hard work is just sitting there. We wanted to find who owned it and try to help them finish. There was a Bobcat sitting there, tools and supplies. It looked like they walked off the job one day and never returned.
We found an old sign on one of the trails that said the area it was a nature preserve.The oddest thing, almost every pine tree we saw had it’s bark cut away girdling the tree.
Trees with their bark cut off.The sign says “Save The Trees” Yet all of a certain pine tree had the bark hacked off. We would love to know the story.
The air plants were enormous. We didn’t even know they got this big.
When we got back to where the dinghy was, we walked out on the dock that was there. OMG There was a stingray show like we have never seen. There were maybe 5 of them swimming around. The biggest one was nestled in the sand but we could still see him. What a treat.
up close and personal.Careful where you step. Look closely and you can see this large Stingray nestled into the sand.
We are so glad we didn’t give up on this anchorage.
Thanks for reading,
Scott and Karen
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No photo today. Internet is too slow for may patience to upload even one more photo. Next time folks.
