Water Cay does not have any protection in a north wind, so we decided to move south to Flamingo Cay.
It was a lovely downwind sail and we anchored right close to the beach in crystal clear water in the lee of a rocky outcrop.
Our charts told us to look for the conspicuous two palm trees on the beach, but something happened to one of them???
First order of business is to go exploring the beach.
The beach is backed by a salt pond.
With my run out of the way the humans abandon me and went off kayaking down the cay to the next beach and the promise of some caves.
At the end of this beautiful beach, with in those cliffs there, are meant to be a cool cave to explore. And we know my humans love caves!
With only one day to see as much of the Cay as possible, the humans were back to the boat to pick me up and then off to find a path to the Northern beach on the Cay. The path starts at the north end of the beach in the anchorage and is very well marked with cairns and flotsam.
Besides the usual Bahamian wildlife we found something very interesting.
These red prawns are the natural food of flamingos. We found a number of these salt ponds along the trail all filled with the bright red food that gives the birds their famous pink colour but no birds. Unfortunately flamingos are excellent eating. They have been wiped off of all the Bahamian islands except in the bird sanctuary on Great Inagua Island. And we heard even there the Rangers struggle to keep locals from poaching the tasty birds.
The well marked trail led us to a beautiful sweeping north facing beach. But there was more than sand to be found here.
You do not find a plane on the beach every day.
Then it was back to our anchorage beach for one last dip
Flamingo Cay was a lovely place to visit, but unfortunately the winds are meant to change again so we will have to get off in the morning.
Bye lovely Cay.
