I woke up even extra early this morning. I wanted to catch the sunrise at the beach so I was up and out by 6:30 AM. Much to my chagrin, the sunrise isn’t all that great. It rises behind the trees and not over the water, so there wasn’t much to take pictures of.
I got back to the house, woke up Hope, ate breakfast, and we headed off on our bikes to the cemetery to do some snorkeling. I thought it was pretty cool – like being in a huge aquarium, except that there weren’t a ton of fish to look at it. We saw some yellow ones, blue ones, a flounder, and some other non-descript ones. Hope bailed out early; not cool enough for her. I continued on for a few more minutes. I have to admit it was a little scary not knowing what you might find when you swim up over the next mound of coral.
When I finished we hung around for a while and took some photos, then made the bike trek back home. We made lunch and then hit the beach. Hope baked in the hot sun for quite a while. I fell asleep reading my tantalizing, borrowed book, Sleeping With Fear.
Around 3:30 we walked over to the PCBC honor bar to see if there was any life around. We didn’t find much, except for Ned. He filled us in on Yardis, our dinner choice for the evening, and explained that Alligator Creek does indeed have a deep channel to it, we just didn’t paddle far enough to get there. I may try again tomorrow.
When we got back to the Boat House, we called Yardis to place an order. Hope ordered the Snapper, I ordered the Jerk Pork. The nice lady told us that the snapper included the head, but that she would kindly remove it for us. I thanked her.
At 6:15 we picked up the car and drove off to Yardis. We assumed we would eat there, but upon arrival realized our order was packed up and ready for take out, so we paid and drove off. Hope said hers was very fishy smelling, but tasted pretty good. Mine was good but very spicy hot.
After quickly finishing our meal, we ran to the beach to try to snap some shots of the sunset. I only had time for a couple pictures before it was over. Back to the house for some rest and relaxation.
I decided to head out to the beach under the moonlight just to check things out and see if there were any nocturnal creatures creeping around. And in fact there were! On the path through the dunes, I heard a crinkling noise in the bush. I turned around with my flash light and saw the biggest land crab I had ever seen! It had pinchers like a lobster. This wasn’t a ghost crab (those white crabs you see on the beach). It was a different kind, although I don’t know the official name. Unfortunately I didn’t have my camera so I never got a picture of it. Out on the beach, all was quiet. The moon was shining so bright that my flashlight wasn’t necessary. I walked for a little ways, got bored, and then went back home.
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