We had a birthday party for Jim last night. Barb made some lemon cupcakes with lemon frosting (of course, Dave was in seventh heaven) and I contributed the homemade vanilla ice cream. Everyone sang happy birthday to him and we had a great time eating the goodies. He is officially an "old goat" as he turned 65! Manhattan left early this morning on Hamilton's "bus" and Dave and I cleaned a lot of rooms. We started on the laundry and since it was such a beautiful day, hung the sheets out to dry. We then set up for two sets of people who are coming in tomorrow. Dave went to help Charlie haul sand for the trail to the beach and I mixed up a batch of snickerdoodles which I will bake tomorrow. The Iowa group expressed interest in having them again - they said that they were their favorites. After lunch, Dave and I drove into Coral Bay to put some mail out and then came back to Salt Pond where we met up with Barb and Jim who had walked there from camp (we carried their snorkel gear in the Jeep). Dave opted to sit at a table near the beach as he is feeling a lot better, but still coughs once in a while and that is not fun when you are snorkeling. Barb and I walked over to Drunk Bay which is on the other side of Salt Pond. The surf is quite rough on that side and people collect all sorts of debris which washes up and get quite creative with it. One of the above pictures is of Drunk Bay and the surf, the others are sculptures that are on the beach and rocks. I have named them Man and Dog, Two Men in a Boat, Eat Well (notice how pudgy the figure is), and Island Girl. We then walked back to the beach and snorkeled. What a great day! I saw a spotted trunk fish, a barracuda, three sting rays (two with remoras), a squid, AND four green turtles, including a baby one! One of the turtles came up for air three times right in front of me before diving back down to the bottom to continue feeding. I was thrilled! I will have to invest in a new underwater camera for next time we come. The one I brought with me had two batteries die in the first week and they would not recharge. Jim hiked up Ram's Head and then met us on the beach for a short swim as we were coming in from our snorkel. Dave had a good time on the beach talking with some folks from Anchorage, Alaska who are staying at nearby Concordia. They are here for two weeks with their 10-year old son. When we got back to camp, we showered and then I hung out another load of sheets and folded up the dry ones. We should have one more load to do tomorrow morning so caught up pretty quickly. Willie and Deb are in the kitchen making dinner while listening to island music - quite a pleasant afternoon. Randy and Charlie just came back from a dive and captured two lion fish. They are an invasive species from the Pacific and their sting can be deadly so I am glad that they found these two. I took a picture which I will put on the blog tomorrow as I just downloaded my camera.
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