 |
| John and Kathi - Makani |
They are avid spear hunters and scuba divers, and their boat is fully equipped for these pursuits with a dive compressor on board. They have spent the bulk of the winter down here and have several favorite spots to fish and hunt.
On Awesome Day, we dinghied over to Sandy Cay first thing in the morning. This is a national park with a large and beautiful reef at the end of the cut that comes in from the ocean. I had bought some scuba equipment in Florida and this was the first time I was going to use it. In fact, this was to be my first dive in over 20 years.
 |
| Kathi with our 'cars' |
John and I suited up for the dive, while the ladies donned their snorkel gear. Maggie does not have a scuba ticket, so Kathi was going to accompany her on top. Once in the water, I vividly remembered what I loved about scuba diving all those years ago. It is the closest I will ever get to being an astronaut visiting another planet. The only way to describe it is to say that all of one's senses are drastically altered, all in a weightless environment. A little fine tuning of the buoyancy compensator (BC) and you are hovering above the sea floor watching schools of fish arc over the reefs. Behind us, a large school of Spotted Eagle Rays flying in formation, disregarding our presence , passed behind us. Absolutely beautiful!
 |
| Stingray |
On the way home, we stopped at one of John and Kathi's lobster spots and caught some supper. The sun set on us while we were having a lobster supper on the beach in our anchorage. After cleaning the lobster and splitting the tails, I drizzled some garlic sauteed in butter with salt, pepper and fresh basil on them and grilled them on an open fire.
 |
| Chef Branko - Lobster on the fire |
We then spent the evening on Makani playing dominoes. A perfect day that we will long remember.
Branko
No comments:
Post a Comment