Long Island and back to George Town, April 15 to April 19, 2011

Hog Cay

We left Thompson Bay and moved north along Long Island to Hog Cay.  We tucked into an incredible anchorage, just West of Hog Cay, in what was almost like a lagoon.  We had Hog Cay to our east and a series of coral and rock mini-islands to our West, and Galiot Cay to our North.  In this much protected setting, we spent three days of solitude, snorkeling and sunset watching!!  Hog Cay is a private island, but there was no one there.  However, the island was inhabited by a hundreds of goose-like birds and a pair of ospreys.  We spent many hours watching these birds.  We will try to find out what type of birds the “geese” are once we get on the internet.  

Geese at sunset

Osprey waiting for dinner...

High Tide...

Low tide

On Monday, we arrived back in George Town after a leisurely cruise.  We immediately re-connected with all our friends, including Dirk and Nancy on Tybee Time, Sharon and Wayne on My Sharona, John and Kathy on Mystic Moon, and Luc (with his two nieces) on Innu.  The last three boats are all Selene’s, and were with us on the Rendezvous. 

We went into town yesterday evening to hear the “rake and scrape” band playing at Eddie’s Edgewater Café.  They were excellent, and we danced to the great music.  The band had a great singer, who also played the saw (yes, it is really a large saw!!). 

We are now here through Easter, and will stay for the sailing regatta that starts on April 26 through the 30^th. We are planning a solid week of cleaning and tlc for the boat while we wait.  We will surely have some fun as well in between cleaning sessions!!  As you can see, we have all our toys out and ready for fun!  Our original dinghy, our kayak, and a new smaller dinghy…I wonder why we have a new dinghy….you will have to stay tuned for the next blog to read “The Dinghy Story”….!!

Which dinghy you want???