Hog Cay, Ragged Islands, Bahamas

 We hatched a plan yesterday with Charm to do a long hike - leaving one dinghy to the north and one to the south.  We had to do this because there is some in-hospitable terrain that prevents walking a "loop".

Kris and Dean as we head north to drop one of the dinghies.  

 

One dinghy anchored - we'll hike back to this in a few hours.

 

Here's our track - a long one!

 

As we walk along the shoreline back near the anchorage, there is a water aerobics class in progress.  They have music playing and looks like they're having a good time.

 

 

Looking back over the anchorage at the start of the "hill trail".

 

From the high vantage point on the trail - Charm all alone in the bay.

 

Duane and Dean solving all the world's problems!

 

The start of a different trail marked by creepy baby doll heads (but this isn't "THE baby doll trail"....the cruisers have a strange sense of humor.....

 

A turn in the trail marked by flip flops....

An area that is sometimes dry was a bit of a obstacle path with all the salt water around.

 

A squall came up and we got a bit sand-blasted....but it passed quickly leaving us just a bit "salty and sandy".

 

Lots of ups and downs as we hiked the rocky shoreline.

 

Just beautiful here.

Time for a bit of a snack break....found a bit of shade.

 

Back to the hike for the final couple of miles.

 

Kris and Dean had found a nice baby doll and had toted it all the way to the start of the real "Baby Doll Trail"....found a nice spot to tie it up with other flotsam.

 

I had picked up some items that looked like dog toys - thought they'd be a good addition to the creepy trail.

 

Kris had found a mortar AND pestle on the beach - left it as a trail marker.

That wrapped up the long hike - back to the dinghies just in time to avoid another squall.

Kris & Dean invited us over for pizza night - good fun and conversation.  We cut it a bit short as the evening had turned very windy and I wanted to get back to the boat and get settled for the night.  A fun busy day!