Exuma Park

Yesterday was cloudy, windy and squally so we were lucky to be able to get off of the boat at all. In between squalls, at mid-day, we dinghied ashore and hiked up to the top of Boo Boo Hill. We saw another squall on the horizon so we didn't linger. We went back to Breeze On and back to our reading. We have done a LOT of reading recently.
Today is a much nicer day so we spent most of the morning off of the boat. We first hiked along the beach and over the hill to see the blow hole near our mooring. We could see and feel the spray from the blow hole from time to time when we first arrived here. Since the wind direction has changed the waves at that location were smaller and there was nothing happening at the blow hole. Next we changed into our bathing suits, grabbed our snorkel gear and tried to find a spot to snorkel. Our first choice required a wild dinghy ride through some significant chop that we deemed not worth it. Our next choice didn't seem to have many fish, as seen through the look bucket, so we decided that wasn't worth it, either. Then we took the dinghy to the beach near the park office (named Powerful Beach, not sure how it got that name). We hiked with our snorkel gear on trails that we thought would take us to Butterfly Beach where there were supposed to be reefs near the beach. It looked like it would be a short hike according to the map. Not so much. It was rather difficult walking on the sharp iron rock. Since it was near high tide a portion of the trail was under water and slippery. We found Barefoot Beach but never found Butterfly Beach. At one point George walked ahead while I waited with the gear. After he came back and described the trail that he thought would take us to Butterfly Beach we both decided that wasn't worth it either. After we returned to the beach we went for a nice swim before returning to Breeze On.
So far today we have seen several sea turtles in the anchorage and one shark that swam right by our boat.