Bahamas

Hola Amigos! I miss all of you, however I have been having a super duper time! From snorkeling to hanging out at the beach with my new cruising friends the fun never ends. I'll start with my new friends: AnnMarie,Brian,Brady,David,Sam,Chris,and Josh. It's really fun to actually have kids my age! The weather of course is ah-maz-ing. I can't remember a day yet that I have had to stay on the boat all day. Of course, I don't think my parents could keep me cooped up in our boat all day. I've been snorkeling on the reefs and seen some lion fish. So far, no one has been stung or pricked by the lion fish. They are an invasive species. The barracuda sightings are minimum surprisingly I've seen more sea turtles than barracudas. The sea turtles are everywhere, one swam right under me when I was on the reef. Did you you know when sea turtles have their heads above water they look like upside down pineapples!? Weird! Let me tell you one thing its short and simple. Hermit crabs pinch really hard when they get on your foot! I can't believe how dark a tan I have since I've been here. I've only worn my bathing suit and shorts most of the day. Okay I just need to say it: I CAN'T BELIEVE ON CHRISTMAS MORNING I WENT SWIMMING OUTSIDE AND THE WATER WAS WARM!!!!!! Well that's it for you chick-a-Dee's. Adios amigos and thanks for reading my blog. Later Gators and have a good uh... whatever the next holiday is! ; ) Geneva

Update from Erin - Well as you know we are in the Bahamas, Mon! We have been to some really cool, neat places! When we were in Shroud Cay, there was a little place up a little mangrove stream that we went up in our dingys. At the end of the stream, we made it to the ocean. It was there you could look out to a pool and it had really strong currents like a washing machine. When we tried to swim from one beach to the other the currents would take you away to the ocean where there was like 1 foot of water and where you would have to walk back to shore!
The first place we went was Chub Cay. There was a house there, if you walked to the upstairs it was house and downstairs it was a restaurant with only little tables and the bathroom also had a shower. That is how much of a house it was. Have you ever heard of the James Bond movie Thunder ball?? We went to Thunder ball cave!!!! It was soooo cool. It was an underwater cave that a bunch of fish followed us in and we fed them. Mark jumped from a hole in the top of the cave. It had to have been a 20 foot drop. There were holes underwater we would swim though. (I lost my fin a couple of times from the cave walls knocking it off). When we were at Wadrick Wells, there were blow holes on the top of the hills. When the tide came up they would blow and the wind coming up would be strong enough to take your hat off!
We did our normal Christmas Caroling through the anchorage. We had 3 dingies full of kids and went from boat to boat singing. We also decorated the boat with lights. We made a Christmas tree that went up the mast. It was great.