Boiling Hole and Cathedral Cave

This morning we visited the Boiling Hole and the Cathedral Caves (aka Spider Caves). To get there we dinghied to Dingle Motors’ dinghy dock, walked south on Sherman’s Highway a little over half a mile, and turned at the sign for the Boiling Hole. The Boiling Hole is one of the many blue holes on land and in the water in Rock Sound. They are sink holes which are connected to the ocean. The name comes from the fact that the water churns and bubbles when the tide changes but it was quite calm while we were there. We continued on the well-maintained path to the caves. I once was on a path that had been improved by a Boy Scout working to earn his Eagle Scout badge. My daughter and husband will attest that every time I walk on a path with nice railings or bridges—as I did today—I proclaim that the Boy Scouts have been there. The caves were interesting with roots from the trees above extending down into the caves. There were quite a few bats on the walls and they started flying around when we disturbed them. We didn’t linger long because there were also a lot of mosquitoes and we had not brought any bug spray. The bats must have more than enough to eat.

After we walked back to the dinghy we motored down to see the new dock which is being built to replace the old dinghy dock that we used to use. At least half of the old dock had been lost sometime before our first visit to the Bahamas in 2016. What remained was still in good shape and had a ladder we could use to climb out of our dinghy. The new dock looks even sturdier but does not have any ladders (yet). There is a set of steps built into the side of the dock that we believe might be used by fishing boats or tour boats.