Thursday, May 26, 2011

Day 6

Brittle star
Spiny sea urchin
Furry sea cucumbers
We jumped in the van and went out to Money Point in time to catch it at low tide. When we got there, we walked out on the point and started turning rocks over in order to find any invertebrates that were trapped at low tide. Right away, we found several spiny sea urchins. I also found a brittle star and a banded star. Then I flipped over a rock and found two furry sea cucumbers. We were all hoping to find an octopus, but no such luck. We also did a beach clean up at Money Point. We are going to compare the kinds of trash we found from the clean up we did earlier in the week.
All the stuff we found
Garbage at Money Point
Morgan's Bluff
     After lunch, we went to Morgan's Bluff. The story is that Captain Morgan, a pirate/privateer, would take a goat up to the bluff, tie a lantern around its neck, and have it walk in a circle to mimic a lighthouse. Ships would then believe the passage was safe and crash on the reef. Morgan would loot the wrecked ships and hide his booty in a nearby cave, which we also visited.

Morgan's Cave
Uncle Charlie's Blue Hole
After visiting the cave, we went swimming in Uncle Charlie's Blue Hole. It is said that Charlie arrived from the airport, went straight to the blue hole to dive, and was never seen again. After a few days, they found him in an adjoining cave, and his family wanted to leave him there because they believed that's what he'd want. I enjoyed swimming in his blue hole. It's important to note that you do not want a blue hole named after you in the Bahamas. This island has so many stories and legends, it is really cool hearing all the local wives tales.

We didn't have lecture tonight, and we went out to eat at Hank's Place. It was good food and we all had a blast.
Sign at Hank's Place
More Hank's signs
LOL!

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