Allan's Cay

We headed out around 10am to go to the Atlantic side of Leaf Cay to snorkel and spearfish. I found 5 beautiful helmet conchs and saw many different types of coral, sea fans, fish including a 4 ft. barracuda , while JR, Dan, & Amosh went to spearfish nearby. This snorkel location reminded me of San Salvador. I really enjoyed myself in the water and kept the sun at bay with my wetsuit even though the waters were warm. After the current picked up and they had no luck catching any fish, we just sat on the beach and chatted with Dan. When we walked to our dinghies we saw the usual iguanas running around looking for food and we hung out there for a while. I snorkeled around to check out the area and found lots of young conch along with many empty conch shells. I did however, find one very large queen conch right on the beach and I only took the biggest helmet conch from the other side of the island to take some pics back on the boat. It is too bad JR doesn't want to eat conch after seeing what they really look like, because we could have eaten it. I don't have the heart to kill them and I stated this from the beginning of the trip, but once they don't look like their original selves and I can't see their faces then I can eat them. At least I like to think I can eat them, but we haven't killed anything so far to eat so I have not been put to the test. We returned to the boat and made some PB sandwiches for lunch with some oranges. Then we sat on deck with a tarp cover to give us nice shade from the sun and we chatted, enjoying the scenery and gentle breeze. Later, I read while JR and Dan attempted to spearfish at a different location. After several hours, they returned with 6 small groupers! :) They went to shore to clean the fish and we had some very nice filets for dinner together on their boat. We cooked the fish on our boat with a lemon butter dill sauce and it was delicious. :) After enjoying our evening we returned to our boat and laid on deck to gaze at the millions of stars in the sky. We saw the crescent moon set and a few shooting stars and fell asleep listening to the nocturnal birds singing with the cool breeze blowing. What a wonder way to end the day under the stars. :) Around midnight I woke up and decided to return to the cabin and remove my contacts that were firmly stuck to my eyes and sleep inside because it became too cool on deck, but I wouldn't change a thing about today.