Turks and Caicos, Jan. 31, 2012

Although the morning started out cloudy and wet, the sun soon broke out and Rhona and I enjoyed a walk along the beach. We made it as far as the Alexandra Resort stopping for swims and photos along the way. Walking back I spied a crab riding the shore surf onto the beach. Cute little thing was having a rough go. From Bight Park we decided to follow the beach right through to Smith's Reef where we hooked up with Ian.
Lunch was at the Sharkbite (Sharkbite) down by the marina. I enjoyed fish (grouper) and chips again served with a sweet coleslaw. Ian had jerked grouper while Rhona had the fried conch.

After lunch Rhona agreed to a snorkelling lesson in the pool but that would be the beginning and the ending of her snorkelling career, for now, anyway.
Although the water was rough at Smith's Reef in and I went out. Rhona wandered down to see the ospreys. We saw an eagle ray twice and it swam very close to us. We also saw several turtles, file fish, and a couple of angels. Visibility was poor in the sandy areas but fine over the coral.

Ian cooked for us tonight; beef stiry fry with rice. We had a delicious cab-sauv called Ebenezer. Surprise by its age we later found out that we were drinking a $43.00 bottle of wine. Don't know how that happened. Sitting outside on the patio we reminisced about high school teachers and some people whose names I have not heard in a long, long time.