The Marina at Emerald Bay, part eight

March 29,2020 - April 2, 2020

The restrictions due to the coronavirus  have been extended to April 8 here in the Bahamas, which I think is a good thing.  There are still only four confirmed cases, but there are ten people in a quarantine facility.  All of these cases are more than 100 miles away from us and, thankfully, all of the people at the marina are taking the restrictions seriously.  We will get our second grocery order delivered today from Exuma markets.  We are thankful we can still enjoy cooking and eating good meals.  

The truck arrived around 4:30 pm with everyones
grocery orders packed in large blue storage containers.

I have always been excited about seeing marine animals in the wild, but it has become an even more exciting event when I encounter a sea turtle swimming in the marina on my daily walks. Many reef fish live in the marina as well.  It seems that the concrete supports for some of the piers have started to grow coral and it has attracted sergeant majors, yellow tail snappers, spotted grouper, and we have a resident nurse shark. A couple of days ago we had a green heron land on the boat for a short visit. I miss swimming and I may even start cleaning the bottom of the boat just to have an excuse to get into the water.  

Some pictures I captured this week:

I found pink coral growing on the cement pier.

I often see this sea turtle in the
marina on my morning walk.

Our resident nurse shark

Sea gulls are not a common sight in the Bahamas.
A small flock has decided to live at the marina.

The greens of the golf course I walk by
each morning have to stay green.

One of the villas next to the golf course has
a very unique pool that encircles an island.

This view of the above pool shows the
lounge chairs that are sitting in a
shallow pool of water presumably
to keep the sun bathers cool.
That's the guest house in the background.

It is such a blessing to hear the
ocean on my morning walk.

Some flowers along my path.

m/y Entourage is the largest vessel
in the marina. I think it is 150 feet long.

Than you for reading my blog.