67 Miles in 6 Days...not too shabby guys!

"I Paddled 67 Miles in 6 Days!!!!"-From left: Pete, Dallas & Eric

(click here to see their route)

Seriously guys, the 45 miles advertised in our Staniel Cay Kayak trip wasn't enough for you??? :) Each day they averaged about 7 miles to get to their next campsite in the Exuma Cays. On their final paddle day, they decided that wasn't enough...they really wanted to swim with the sharks at Compass Cay. So they opted for an additional 14 miles (roundtrip) to make it up to the sharks and back. As I was told... the current was against them on the way up, then while they were there the tide was changing which meant it was against them on their way back too. After all the super calm weather they had the rest of the week and the fairly light paddle days... it is not far fetched for me to say this was their toughest paddle day. 

We met the guys at their final campsite just next to Staniel Cay and we were able to pick them up in the powerboat and head around to see the famous swimming pigs on Big Majors Spot (Watch out... they might nibble a finger or two if they are really hungry). These three pigs were putting on quite the show. We were towing the kayaks behind the boat at this point, and we almost snagged a pig for the haul :) 

We dropped Pete & Eric off at Staniel Cay so they could catch their flight back on Flamingo Air to Nassau. We re-fueled for our tow back to Great Exuma. 

Since we took over operations of the company in 2008, we have never had a tow-back day goes this smooth and have this nice of weather. The boys (Joss & Emit) and I, with the help of our friend, Joel, drove the boat (on the trailer) from Georgetown to Barratarre and launched it for our trek up the Exuma Cays. We picked up Dallas and the guys along with the three kayaks and all the camping gear. We took our time driving back down the cays and even managed to jump out in the cave (family picture above), do a little spear fishing and snorkeling and still got the boat out of the water and drove back home before dark. So YES!!! This was a very successful tow-back day; answered prayers for sure!

I couldn't resist posting this shot I was able to get of the famous Musha Cay (owned by David Copperfield). When you see all the toys out on the beach like this... you know "someone" is there having a good ole time. The main house is up in the trees in the middle of the shot (you can see the roof). You know.. I just think it must be really rough on someone owning their own island like this... don't you?!?!?

This is just another shot of the calm waters this day. This one is taken in one of the "rough" cuts off of Rudder Cut Cay as we were heading out to go "ocean-side" (that's what we say anyway). We did some of our spear fishing out there. Dallas caught a nice hogfish for dinner, thanks babe!