26 49.09 N 077 21.93 W
My, what a busy day. After sleeping in late, and a lazy breakfast, we stopped by to see Richard and Penny on Viking Rose.
Then we hiked on the trails across the island to the ocean side beach. What a treat! When we got there we found three miles of white sand, turquoise water, gentle waves and views of the barrier reef and the Atlantic Ocean beyond. Best of all, we had the whole beach to ourselves. What did we do? Skinny dipping of course. What else would one do in those circumstances?
We ate a picnic lunch at the beach, then headed back. Before returning to the boat, we followed another trail. Soon we found another beach, this one on the bay side of the island. I went swimming again. The water was warmer on that side.
This afternoon I set out in the dinghy to find conch for supper. I went to a place where we found a colony of conch last year. Too bad. When I got there I found a colony of starfish but no conchs. Star fish are the predators of conchs. Anyhow, I picked up a nice starfish the size of a dinner plate. See below.
Last we used our sun shower to take warm showers. We use a gadget called a sun shower with salt water for showers on board. It sits in the sun on deck for a half hour or so and makes the water deliciously warm. Then we hang it high in the rigging and let gravity feed the shower head. It feels great. We used a bar of Swedish salt water soap that David gave us for Christmas. It worked great. I have no idea where David found Swedish salt water soap for sale in Fairbank Alaska, but I'm glad he did.
Tonight we're off for cocktail hour aboard Viking Rose. Then we hopefully get to see the space shuttle go overhead around 19:45.
Wow! That's a huge starfish Grandma! Really cool. We love and miss you, Kate and Vicky.
ReplyDeleteIf you would like to pass on the ingredients in the Sailors Soap, I may be able to make some for you. I'm sure it must be a natural soap.
Cheryl.