We launched the kayaks and paddled in the shallow backwaters to the old remains of the generator barge that was used many moons ago for the lumber industry at Wilson City. This area is only accessible at high tide, even by kayak.
There isn't much left to it anymore, having gone through many hurricanes.
One of the generators has fallen over, but the other one is still standing in the background.
When we first started coming to the Bahamas, the abandoned building was intact, but everything was really rusting. Dave and our friend Rick, even went inside of it. We certainly wouldn't attempt that now.
On the way back to Walkabout, we took the outside route in the Sea of Abaco to find a bit more protection from the wind that was now northwest.
We continued north and found a few really nice beaches, with the water pretty deep to shore.
We saw a lot of different things washed up on shore, but this was the funniest:
The beach looked so inviting that we decided to move our whole entourage there and anchored in some gorgeous sand.
After lunch the 'kid in us' took over and we couldn't resist jumping in the water and swimming. This is the first I have been in since November, so I was a bit skeptical.
The temp was about 76 degrees, chilly at first, but really nice once we got used to it. I jumped from the back of the boat.
Then Dave did it from the boat's hardtop!
Some huge eagle rays kept going by the boat too.
Dave went snorkeling and found a sand dollar, which we haven't seen for awhile.
This was our best adventure this season, and I sure hope we get to do it again soon, especially with not a soul in sight. It was all there just for us!
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