Warderick Wells (Emerald Rock Mooring Field)

Just a quick update as everyone here is asleep and half are under the weather! We left Nassau Tuesday morning at 8:30 and headed for Shroud Cay with the wind on the nose but not as strong as yesterday. We decided we would rather sail even though it entailed tacking back and forth across the rhumb line to avoid shallows, and made it to the mooring field at Shroud by 4:00. That gave us time to lead a dinghy expedition through the "river" that cuts Shroud in two and takes you out to the ocean side. It was high tide, which is the only time you can make the trip, so we headed off quickly with just Oliver in tow while Sam, Jess and Ben hit the beach in the kayaks.

Oliver was the first to show signs of what we thought was seasickness when he threw up all over Sam after his nap on our way across the banks. Jess had not felt well all day and also attributed it to seasickness, but it didn't subside when we stopped and we now think it was the first in a nasty round of stomach bugs. Ben was up all night tossing his cookies which put a strain on our sheet supply, and then slept most of today. Dan joined him this morning and also slept most of the day. Sam was next when he decided he couldn't face any dinner. I JUST CAN'T WAIT!!

Anyways, we did move today and had a beautiful sail from Shroud to Warderick Wells and picked up the same mooring buoy at noon that we had two years ago, just inside of Emerald Rock, right near a beautiful beach. The sleeping schedule and a rainy cold front kept us from doing much exploring this afternoon and I haven't had the camera out much, so....as they say tomorrow is another day and hopefully a better one! ~~~_/)~~~M&D et al.

Sam's camera is always in action, as are the boys. Ben loves to say "Cheese", Oliver just likes to look cute or make raspberries. Ben loved going to the bow with Dada.