Black Point

5-2-09 The weather has been great, warm sunny days in the mid 80's with light winds and cool evenings in the lower 70's. Thursday we played with the girls (4 legged) at the beach and then got together with the group for sunset on the beach and bonfire that night. What a fantastic way to finish a day. (pinch me!)Friday morning we headed to Thunderball cave for some snorkeling. One side of the cave is on the ocean side and the other is on the banks side so the curent flows strong through the cave during tide change, so you need to go there during slack tide. The cave was way cool with stalagmites and stalactites and an opening at the top that lets light in. There were thousands of fish and a coral reef inside the cave. It was the coolest thing. I have never seen someof the coral colors before that I saw in the cave - dark blues, oranges, and deep reds. I need to rent the movie Thunderball to see the cave in the movie.Saturday morning we all headed to Black Point Settlement, our next anchorage, only 7 miles away. The town (it's more of a village) of Black Point is a typical Bahamian community on Great Guana Cay. We went in and explored the town, hit the "grocery store", found ICE CREAM, and made a stop at Loraine's Cafe, where we would all get together later to celebrate Todd and Brenda's 10th aniversary, and picked up a loaf of her famous coconut bread, fresh and warm out of the oven. After a little more exploring, we returned to the boat and promptly cut the warm loaf of coconut bread, slathered on some french butter, (you can't getit in the states) and pigged out. It lived up to its reputation and then some. After finishing a good bit of the loaf we needed some exercise, so we took the girls to the beach.Tonight we all gathered at Loraine's for a traditional Bahamian meal. Man was it good. After dinner we were served Loraine's wonderful chocolate pineapple cake. Do we eat well or what?I always have so much more to tell you, but I prefer to let the pictures do that. I know you enjoy the pictures more than me rambling on anyway.
September Song (full and happy) out
Bob