Our pelican friend.

We sailed over to this amazing beach today. We say this everytime we come to a new one, but this was our favorite. From our boat anchored about 150 yards off we see an older couple on a deserted beach. An umbrella is stuck in the sand and there are two occupied chairs beneath it. A cooler is sitting behind them. They are having cold drinks and reading their books. There is not another boat in sight, not even a dinghy. They have been dropped off there to enjoy the day and be picked up later. Oh, what a life. He heads out for a swim in the most beautiful aqua green water with a clear sandy ocean floor at his dangling feet.
We are on our boat anchored and having lunch. A pelican lands in the water beside us. He has come by to say hello. I get a bunch of pictures of him. He seems to like modeling for me.  His beak and wing span are very impressive. Even climbing in to our dink, throwing aboard everything that we need, starting our motor... he is not scared. We have made a friend.
The island is beautiful. One side for swimming w white sandy, sugar soft beach and the other side is that sharp black coral on land that we walk over that faces the Atlantic.  The waves come crashing up and the sound is mesmerising. Heading back to the beach side we find an old foundaton. We question each other how old it might be? Who lived here and what was their story? Did a hurricane wash every shred of evidence away but this?
A small boat comes up to the beach with a couple of local Bahamian boys to pick up the older couple. They pack everything up, join them on board and are gone. The beach is now ours. We walk around collecting shells, taking pictures and we are visited once again by our pelican friend. He follows us around and takes a swim with us. The water is a perfect temperature for this hot sunny day.
The beach is aptly named Pelican Cay.
Making our way to Lynyard Cay Mark caught a mutton snapper. The post that  I had written previously has the delicious recipe for how we cooked up the fish. It ended up a beautiful display on our plates. After dinner we played a game of Scrabble by flashlight hanging off of the boom...and yes, I won.