Royal, Egg and Russell Island (Spanish Wells)

Island names can be interesting. In the case of Royal, it is a butchering of the Spanish Real - a coin -and Egg was named for all the bird eggs that could be found until the settlers ate all the eggs and now few birds are to be found on Egg Island (nor Easter eggs either). We took the morning easy today then headed out through a cut between Royal and Egg island to a reef in search of a snorkeling spot. We had trouble finding anything other than eel grass until we spotted a tourist boat with snorkelers and decided they probably knew where to look so we dropped anchor close to them.  When snorkeling, we spotted the largest barracuda yet - about 3.5 feet long. Afterwards, we did some shelling on a beach on Egg Island and walked up a mangrove pond as it was too shallow for a dinghy then back to Juno and about an hour sail northeast to the lee of Russell Island along with about 20 other boats on anchor, anticipating spending the day tomorrow in Spanish Wells.

On a trek up a mangrove creek on Egg Island