Bahamas Bound

Despite the fact that we are only 5 days into a potential 7 day stay, we have to move on. Our weather window is closing and we are bound for the Exumas in the Bahamas where we will spend our final month. On the morning that we are scheduled to leave, we eat a quick breakfast and prepare the boat for passage. JT is playing on the deck when he notices and large dark shape beneath our boat. At first he thinks it’s a ray, but closer inspection reveals a dolphin. Not just any dolphin, but JoJo. According to our guidebook, JoJo is an extremely rare Atlantic bottlenose who has regularly engaged with humans since about 1985.  He is known to be very playful and he circles our boat. When we tap the water, he rises to breathe. He seems to want to engage us, or perhaps he is only curious. Apparently he has been injured numerous times by jet skis and other high speed water craft and his many scars are evident as he hangs out around our boat. He stays with us and follows us partly out of the harbor. We are so thrilled to have had this incredible encounter.