Bahamas Cruise Day 3 - Coco Cay

Wednesday we got up early again. We were going to be at Coco Cay, Royal Caribbean’s private island and had scheduled to go parasailing at 10:00 am. It was overcast and misting. Boo! We did get on the parasailing boat with 2 other couples.

The first went and as they came back on board, the rain picked pu in earnest. The other couple with us was 2 tiny college girls from Ohio State (Go Bucks) that were absolutely shivering. They took us back to the island and told us that we could go out later if it cleared up. We simply cancelled in case it didn’t.

The sun did come out about an hour later. The water blued and it looked like a tropical island. Bahamas means shallow water and it’s called that for a reason. At low tide, you can actually walk between some of the islands. Well, it wasn’t low tide but we walked about ¼ mile into the ocean. We saw all kinds of sea life. We found many conchs, sea cucumbers, and even had a ray swim up to us.

We named him Charles. Charles, the Ray.... Audrey wanted to touch it so much. It had other ideas though. That's Audrey's leg in the picture. She got pretty close.

After walking back to the island, we ate the lunch buffet. Last time we were there, we were on waverunners during lunch and arrived as it was ending. We literally had to grab food from carts as they were wheeling it away. This year, we made sure to be there in time and it was worth it.

Once we finished eating, we found a “nature” trail and took a walk. It went the opposite direction of the beaches. There were no other people there. We walked by a few buildings that looked like maintenance buildings and residences. We kept going and ended up at a secluded cove with clam blue water. We waded in and played in the water for a bit. Then we headed back. We were wondering if we were supposed to be back there since we had seen multiple “no guests beyond this point” signs but they were always off the main path heading towards the buildings. Then we saw an approaching boat that had “POLICE” written on the side. Where is there a police department on a private island? Coast guard maybe, but there is no municipality so no police. Well, they went on by us and kept going. Apparently they were not there for us.

After our walk, we made it back to the parasailing. This time, we were on a boat with 5 couples. The water was rough and it got to Audrey again. No meds this time! We were the last of the group to go up. It was fantastic. It was surprisingly peaceful and calm. There was little wind up there and the water looked beautiful. There was even a 70ish year old couple of possibly sisters that went up. Anyone can do it. If you get the chance, try it.

After parasailing, we snorkeled for a bit. Another ray found us. We like to say that it was Charles

again. Audrey still wanted to touch it, but he evaded her. We laid out on the beach and then headed back.

Once on board, we cleaned up. I went to talk to the spa manager about the previous night’s problem and she offered Audrey another treatment to make up for it.