Swimming Pigs !!

Cold enough for you ??

Well we'll try and send some "warm stuff' up from the sunny Bahamas.....well sunny until yesterday.

We are presently anchored about 150 yards east of Thunderball Cave at Staniel Cay.  This is where the James Bond movie Thunderball  and Splash was filmed.   We have yet to snorkel the cave, but intend to do so before we leave. 

We went for a dinghy tour the day before yesterday to Big Majors Cay which is an adjacent island.   Trudie wanted some beach time, and Big Majors has some beautiful beaches.  So, we packed up the cooler and set off  to find the perfect beach.  We rounded the south end of Big Majors and right if front of us was a terrific beach....lets go !!   As we approached the beach there was a herd of six (what is the correct term for a bunch of pigs ??   I'm not going there !!)  wild pigs on the beach.  As we approached in the dinghy, they hoofed it into the water and started to swim out to the dinghy looking for hand outs.....they seemed pretty aggressive, so I shifted into reverse and remained about 100 feet off the beach; which seemed to be further out than the pigs wanted to swim unless they were guaranteed a hand-out.  We didn't have any food, and we didn't want to share any of our beers.  (All we could remember was the beer drinking pig on St. Croix....."Buster" who died of cirrhosis  of the liver)   We didn't want that to happen to these pigs !!  We hung off the beach for a few minutes, watched two pig fights, and dinghyed on......  Unfortunately, we didn't bring a camera......if the wx impoves we may go back for photos.

Last night a forecasted cold front called a "Norther" passed over us bringing high winds, near gale force.  We are tucked up behind an island, but we are still feeling the effects of the wind and choppy water.   We didn't sleep real well because the boat was really rocking and rolling, and we wanted to periodically check the anchor to make sure we were holding tight.  All went fine, but we need to hold on this morning as we "walk" around the boat due to the motion.  This is supposed to last through Monday.  Due to a significant chop on the water, we may be "boat bound" for today and perhaps tomorrow.  The prelude to these northers reminds me of an approaching nor'easter in New England.  The market (about 1/4 the size of a gas station mini-market) has cruisers buying thier supplies.  Get-togethers always turn to the subject of  "how hard do ya think its gonna blow ??" (instead of how much snow ya think we're gonna get)  "What kind of anchor you got.....how much chain"  etc.....  all with the same stare I remember  in New England with the approach of a snowstorm. . 

So, we are gonna hang out, get some boat projects started and wait for the wind to blow itself out..... (the largest boat project scheduled for today  is Trudie's task of  re-filling the refrig with coldies)   THE CREW