Our Day at Cambridge Cay

We arrived super early, grabbed a ball and dropped the dinghy.  We were not going to be able to snorkel off the Rocky Dundas due to the waves and wind but at least needed to see them.  Our day was a trip to the beautiful Dundas then a stop at the payment box that just happened to be on a little island surrounded by a sand bar and flats at low tide.  Then we went over to the path that lead to Bell Rock and the beach on the Sound side.  How do we manage to pack so much amazement into just a few hours?  And to top it off, we had an evening swim around the boat and had a turtle close encounter.  Jon spotted Mr. Turtle earlier in the day then again after our excursion.  Jon his the sea creature spotter--he always sees them first!

I'll just share the photos and smile while I remember it.  Oh and we met a boat from Solomons, Maryland also down here for the first time.  Small world isn't it?!?  That night was so calm and quiet and sleeping was blissful with the relative security of the mooring ball.

Another wonderous scene-no it never gets old, never

Bell Rock in the distance

A cave on the southern of the two rocks of the Rocky Dundas...one day we'll snorkel here

The sandbar that formed at low tide on Mailbox Cay in the Cambridge mooring field

Hundreds of conch--all alive and well at low tide

It was so cool to see them all, some just sitting, some "walking"

The flats went on forever

You don't see sea biscuits and sand dollars alive very much so that was very cool

Bell Rock--Jon climbed to the top!

View from our 'snack stop'. The boat is over there.

Mr. Turtle...when we were swimming, we saw him under water--just hanging around and could watch him swim to the top to take breaths then back down and he looked at us a couple of times.  We didn't really interest him that much.

Forced couple cuteness shot

They call him "Three G"

Sunset

Moonrise

The Rocky Dundas view from Conch Cut on the way to Compass Cay the next morning

We had called and confirmed that we could come into Compass Cay the next day and planned to leave Cambridge early morning during high tide.  We wanted to leave from the southern entrance to the mooring field and cross Conch Cut to reach Compass.  We knew the way from our dinghy trip and felt like the extra 2-3 feet of high tide would give us the cushion we needed...ok give Mark the cushion he needed.  Jon and I stood up front to watch for...well, whatever may get in the way...and it was a completely pleasant and easy hour trip over to Compass...