Pensacola Cays and Allan's Cay

 Today, February 22 we are anchored at Pensacola Cays, also known as Allan's Cay.  Its a great anchorage and we presently have 5 boats here.

Yesterday, we took the walking trail to the Atlantic side .  There is a small trail about 1/4 mile long that takes you through the mangroves to the Atlantic side of the cay.  Cruisers have collected trash and discarded items and hung them from the tree branches to mark the way.  Its kind of fun, but also sad that there is so much trash!  But we are seeing that more and more in the Bahamas on each of our trips here.

On the Atlantic side, there is a tree where cruisers have hung boat names - so we joined in and added Midnight Sun III and Tra-Sea.  We searched for previous versions we had hung there, but I guess they disappeared in one of the hurricanes that have hit the area over the past few years.

Unfortunately, not all of my photos are pulling into the blog as we have very slow internet, so I will post a few that are presently making it over the airways!

Weather

We have been fairly fortunate so far that weather has been generally favorable.  The trip here from Great Sale was not ideal with 20 kts on the nose.  Today's weather is calling for 20 kts from the east - and yes, our next leg to Green Turtle Cay is East!  So we have decided to hang here for another day when the wind is at least supposed to subside, but stay east.  But tomorrow's forecasted 12 kts, sounds a lot more pleasant a ride that today's 20 kts!

Entrance to Trailhead