Mar.9 We had a quiet day and went for a nice dinner on Ariel.

Mar. 11-13 Larry and Leslie who we have known since our Mason 44 days (they had one too) arrived on the afternoon flight and the party began. Over the next two days, we explored, shelled,, snorkeled, and partied. One night, we played Hearts and I got the Queen of hearts every time! For those of you that don’t know about Hearts, this is not good. I vowed to never play Hearts again. Life is too short.


Mar. 14 L and L and Wendy went with the dive master, Jake, and other friends on a full day snorkeling trip up into the Exuma Land and Sea park. We snorkeled in 6 different areas and each was different. We saw very large lobsters, a good size turtle, spotted eagle rays, an old army jeep, a plane wreck, two caves, and of course lots of fish and coral formations. We got back just in time to shower and change for a dinner out on Staniel at Taste and Sea restaurant with Judy and her house guests. All 7 of us piled into her boat named “Gutsy Lady”. Dinner was delicious and the company lively.

Queen Angel fish on the Current Cut reef

The gang is hungry for dinner here

Mar. 15 The wind was down and the tide right for an expedition to nearby North Gaulin Cay to collect sand dollars. Susan from Exodus joined us and we had lots of success. Lunch was at SCYC because Leslie needed more conch before she left. We thought of going to Thunderball but it was too cool. Instead, John dropped us off at Judy’s island and we walked on her beach and met her new guests. John picked us up in time to go back to our boat and get ready for our dinner party for eight. Faring and Ariel joined us for a curry dinner and Mexican Train dominos late into the evening.

Dinner with Faring and Ariel

Mar. 16 This was a busy day. Leslie wanted to cram in as much water time as possible. We started with a quick tour of Thunderball Grotto, then went sand dollar snorkeling off of a small beach nearby, had lunch aboard, dinghied to south Staniel for a tour of the lagoon area with its new houses, snorkeled on our two rocks, swam to the boat from pirate beach, had cocktails on the aft deck, ate dinner, talked, and collapsed! I have met my match!

Sand dollar beach