Our days have been filled with hiking, beaching, dinghying, snorkeling, and of course hunting lobsters. ORKIN MAN was back in the water yesterday on a successful hunt. (You can live here indefinitely living on the abundant fish, lobsters, and collecting rain. We don't want to go that far, but we have not been into the freezer much (except for ice for sundowners) due to our lobstering efforts...may do some fishing for a change in diet).
AND, Trudie (a/k/a) "Jacquet Cousteau" has completed her snorkel "training" and is now accompanying us on the communal hunt. She is doing great in the water, gets in and out of the dinghy unassisted, and is sighseeing the reefs far from shore and well away from the dinghy. Next, she wants to learn to free-dive and start hunting lobsters...."Orkin Woman" ?? Oh-boy !!
Our go fast dinghy is a real asset. It allows us to venture several miles from Persephone, and get well out on the reefs quickly while carrying all of our gear. Thanks Bob + Lori, your advise on the "go-fast" and the 15 hp engine has really paid off.
We concluded the day with a (another) lobster feast aboard Dancing Dolphin....picture lobster tails 12" + !! Yes, tails more than a FOOT long each. Two people can hardly eat 1/2 a tail. Simply, these creatures are BIG ! (Mike speared a giant, and the wounded lobster retreated deeper and deeper into its hidy-hole, dragging Mike's spear with it...(the spears are 4 feet long) Just as the spear started to disappear, Mike was able to pull the spear and dinner from the hole after several dives to 12-15 feet....hand to hand combat !!)
We plan on leaving here tomorrow AM and sailing over to St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, for a day or two to stock up on some spare parts for Persephone; then on to St. John for Memorial Day weekend.
Hanging out in Paradise....THE CREW
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