Compass Cay/Anniversary

It is today our anniversary, I only thought about it because the radio said the date out loud, so I was the first to remember it!! We went for a dinghy ride to the Rocky Dundas, a place were you could swim in a cave. I took my snorkel stuff with me, but was not sure I would go in the water, there was tide and going into a cave sounded a little scary to me.

There were mooring balls for the dinghy and Jacques was soon in the water. I was looking through Paul’s box with a glass bottom and what I saw was fantastic, so after exciting words from Jacques I put on my flippers and snorkel. The problem was how to get in the water; I still not jump free fall in the water. Now comes a whole movie, I laid myself queer on top of the little boat and let myself slowly slide into the water, even that went not without problems because my swimsuit got two times stuck on something?! 

Can you imagine how I got back out; it probably looked something like a manatee coming up to breath!!!!!!! Jacques had made a little rope ladder and "you just step on the first step and pull your feet straight underneath and then you take the second step etc." I do not know why Jacques feet had no problem listening to him, mine did not and I was all the time laying flat in the water with my feet glued to the first step and that to the underside of the dinghy. So it took a LOOOOOOONG while!!, but I made it.

I was so happy I went because the snorkeling was so GREAT! I have nearly never seen so many different fishes and corals on a rather small spot. And the cave was a really fantastic experience, full with stalactite and it had two holes in the ceiling where the sun came through. I must say until now the Bahamas has everything to offer you can imagine. 

On our way to the boat we checked out the way out of the anchor spot because it was full of sand banks there. Back home I made 'roesti,' I had brought that back from Switzerland and it made a special ending of the day. 44 years is a long time, but we felt good, still doing new and exiting (sometimes a little scary) things, that makes you not feel elderly at all.

Ria