PIGS CAN'T FLY..................RIGHT..............

Probably not, but they sure can swim............Have you ever seen such blue-blue water with juicy porkers swimming in it...................... Well, now you have........ What a sight. Call it " SALTY BACON ", or perhaps " PORK-IN-BRINE " or even " FLOATING HAM ". ......We first spotted these wild (questionable?) pigs sleeping in the sand on a beach, but as soon as they heard the outboard motor, they were up,.... and off.... into the water and on the way out to us, looking for food. They tried to climb right into our dinghy, and when that didn't work, the four of them began pushing us around with their snouts. Fifteen horse-power versus four-pig power. Now if you still have a straight face after seeing these photos, then you really need to go and see someone.......... In the end we got away, and they swam back to the beach. Never a dull moment on this cruise............... The location was at 'Big Major' Cay, in the Exumas.............The pigs certainly looked well fed and happy, and definitely the cleanest pigs I've ever seen, but when Laurie cooked this beautiful Sunday morning breakfast, we both looked at the bacon in an entirely new light........(Feel free to double-clik on any of the photos to enlarge them).



Just before all this 'pigging out' though, we had anchored off "Rudder Cut" Cay for the night, and in the morning took the dinghy into what appeared to be a cave. There were holes in the ceiling through which rain has slowly eroded the limestone to create this stalagmitic formation. The sea-ward half of the original cave has obviously collapsed and has disappeared, but the back half shown in the photo above was awesome. Everywhere you look you will see how the wave action has undercut the rock formations giving the 'mushroom' effect to the shoreline. We even found this 'yoga' rock, superbly balanced, in sync and in harmony............... There are some more screensavers in there............somewhere.............



And even before that, we had invited other cruisers from the catamaran "Nauticat" on board ARITA for drinks and dominoes. This is a national sport in the Bahamas (both, in fact) and is played with gusto, each piece being slammed down and 'driven' into the table. We played with much more finesse, and we certainly need the practice, for this game is to be played in Hopetown at Anne and Tony's wedding, and we had better know what we are doing by then...............



And even before that, we were part of the 'parking lot' outside of Stocking Island near Georgetown, the southern end of the Exumas..................... And even before that still, the "Queen of Florida and the Bahamas" had been collecting shells and making 'ice' in our baby fridge............ and I mean real ICE. ......the chunky kind you can put in a drink............. Miracles will never cease.........................



Still no real news from Glenn and Spense other than they are getting the medical runaround..... Keeping fingers crossed that this week they will find a doctor who will get things done....