Warderwick Wells

Warderwick Wells is the headquarters of the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park. Oh my God! I know, I know, I said that about the last island, but so far this is our favorite. We have a mooring in the south anchorage with only 4 other boats. Today we hiked for 4 hours. The views are amazing. Last night we met with 4 other boats and had happy hour at Pirates Lair. Pirates Lair is a small clearing just a bit inland from the beach near our boat. Pirates used to gather there and do pirate stuff when they were anchored here. They sat or slept on their grass mats in the clearing and unknowingly brought plant seeds from the gulf coast in their mats. There are plants here that grow nowhere else in the Bahamas but are native to the southern U.S. I kinda thought it looked like Gulfport here.

Warderwick Wells is said to be haunted and it is reported that on moonlit nights the sound of a congregation singing hymns can be heard. When the singing ceases a number of voices can be heard calling to one another. There are three shipwrecks off the coast of Warderwick Wells. The one in the vicinity of Boo Boo Hill reportedly was of a ship laden with missionaries.

The landscape on the island is sort of lunar – tropical. It has palm fronds and other tropical vegetation and also coral rock that has worn away to fantastic sculptures. At times on our hike it seemed like we were walking through a “Yes” album cover from the 70’s. We walked over pointy rocks that are shaped like egg crates for assorted sized eggs and had to avoid the larger holes that were seven feed across and fifteen feet deep.

Today we are doing volunteer work, mixing concrete. We are meeting lots of fun people while shoveling sand.

Michele and Glenn

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