Mom and I explored the beach, me taking pictures, her looking for shells. This beach was closer to the Atlantic ocean so the water got a little deeper in places and on one end there were large rocks along the shore where waves would crash. We found many large conch shells and some fan coral, but mostly the beach was clean of shells.
It was, again, a cloudy and partly rainy day so apparently conch fishing wasn't good. The water was took murkey to see them on the bottom, however, the boys did come back with a few. When we got back to the island, Noel broke out his tooks and made fresh conch salad right on the dock! The salad consists of chopped conch (raw), tomato, onion, lime juice, big sour juice (large lemons), Key lime juice, and goat peppers. The citrus juice cooks the meat (like cevechie) in about 20 minutes.
It was quite the sight. My parents even got into the show that when Noel offered them pieces of raw conch... they ate it!
After the making of the conch salad, we all went back up to the house and let it 'cook' for a while, while we watched the video with Noel of my catching the shark the night before and then of him making the conch salad. It seems he really enjoyed seeing himself on TV.
Later that afternoon, Dad decided to try his luck with the Hawaiian Sling (the only form of spearfishing that is legal in the Bahamas) we found at the house. He saw a few smaller fish, but never got the hang of the sling. He said it was fun, but hard to do without any experience.
Noel is arragning for us to have a rental car waiting at the mainisland boat dock at 9am tomorrow morning. We have a few stops on the main island we have been wanting to check out, so we are looking forward to that. Plus, Wednesday is mail boat day so the grocery stores will be getting restocked on fresh foods, so we will restock on essentials as well.
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