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Tuesday

Two days out and the fresh water tank is below half.  We reload water, ice and Coca Cola at Lighthouse Reef Resort for US$20!  It’s another slow broad reach down the lee side of Lighthouse Reef to Halfmoon Cay.  As we approach the channel off Long Cay, the drag on the fishing poles starts popping.  davefish.jpg (77476 bytes)

 

“Fish on! Fish on!”  Everybody lands at least one barracuda.

 

Dinner?  Nope.  Read on.

 

 

 

 

Kyle, Denise and Claudio dive 85 feet down the wall outside the reef south of Halfmoon Cay.  Elias takes Jean and I snorkeling the numerous coral heads on the atoll.  When we return to the dinghy, Elias has a surprise.  He opens the anchor locker to show our first lobster.  Claudio, Kyle and Denise have now moved the boat inside the reef.   Elias drops us at the boat, then chases Claudio, who fills the locker with lobster and the boat with conch.

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We moor at the dock on Halfmoon Cay.  Elias takes us to the bird sanctuary.  Hermit crabs run across the path.  Kyle finds a snake and Elias sees a four foot iguana.  Neither mention it to the girls until we return to the boat.  birds.jpg (60495 bytes)We climb a ladder to a platform at the top of the trees.  Hundreds of red-footed booby birds and frigate birds are nesting in the trees.  A few noisy fights over particular branches.  Now dark, we dodge crabs in our bare feet.  Returning to the boat, ceviche on the table and Claudio is cooking lobster on coconut palm leaves on shore.

That evening, Denise and I make bread and even Claudio plays Uno.

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