Day 161 Saturday November 30
Day starts out the same as all days on the adventure, a
coffee from freshly ground beans. After
breakfast we head to shore; Julie for a walk and Dawson for a run. We plan to meet at the Bluff House Marina
across the bay from our starting point.
Along the way Julie pickups a freshly fallen coconut and a small orange
like fruit which she brings back to the dingy.
Once back at the marina we learn that the fruit is an unripe sasparillo
(nicknamed dilly) which when ripe is eaten out of the hand.
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| Julie and Catherine on Gillam Bay note rainbow |
The original plan for the day was to head into the village
of New Plymouth with Catherine for a Christmas Craft Bazaar as we are in need
of a knitted tea cosy. However
we find out the bazaar is set for a 6 oclock start which is a little late for
us. Instead we head over to Gillam Bay
for a walk on the beach at the south end of the Cay. It is a beautiful beach walk with Catherine
shelling as we go. The walk on the beach
is about a 1.5 miles but luckily we find the shortcut back to where we started,
it makes for an excellent loop hike.
After our exercise portion for the day we head over to Pineapple Bar and Grill for a beer.This is the spot we were to go to the night before, but bailed.It is a lovely spot just what you would expect for a local beach front bar and grill. The road however was treacherous on vehicles.Deep ruts down to the sharp coral limestone. We get a beer each and sit down by the beach, there are two fellows making fresh Conch Salad and for $10 you can have a bowl.One is pulling the live conch out of their shells and the other fellow is slicing the conch, peppers, tomatoes and onion up.We order two and are delighted in the taste, we had been told to have some when we get the chance and it was definitely worthwhile. After our snack we head back to Catherine’s to catch the sunset.
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| Fresh Conch about to be shelled |
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| Fresh Conch Salad being prepared |
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| Pile of Conch Shells |
We arm ourselves with a G and T each and head out to the
East Side of the bay to watch the sunset.
It is picture perfect with villa, two catamarans, palm trees and an excellent
sunset. Once the sun is down we figure
it is time for dinner and head down to the Green Turtle Marina. We meet up with the rest of sailors and have
an excellent dinner with the 8 of us. As
we are ordering a bride and groom walk in, we applaud them and wish them the
best of luck. We then notice they have a
good looking wedding cake and try to get invited for a taste, we even have the
hostess try and she brings us all up to sing Happy Wedding (or something along
this line). No luck no cake, oh well.
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| Sunset on Coco Beach |
Around 8 we are back at the boat, coffee and a game of Kings
Cribbage and we are in bed.
Cheers
Dawson and Julie
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