It was time to "Get Wet"

But before that happened there was the golf cart parade. Down here at Guana Cay there is one basic road that passes Grabber's, The Pirate's Den, Orchid Bay Marina (where we are) and then winds up at Nipper's. At every stop they have food of various kinds out for free. I have to admit Nipper's put out quite of spread of meats and rolls for folks to 'Nosh' on when they bought up drinks.

All of the carts meet up at Grabber's for the start and as a result prior to the parade while we were in town we were almost run over by several of the drinking cart drivers. I'm thinking that drinking and doing anything is normal around here especially given the T-shirt I've seen. It has a motto on it "the liver is evil and must be punished". The parade of carts is led by the rescue vehicle which is a pick up with a siren and maybe some tools of the rescue sort. The parade started at sunset and was composed of dozens of carts decorated with lights and etc.. There was some associated noise and cheering as the parade wound its way along the shore of Orchid Bay. It was fun to watch from our vantage point on the aft deck of Freedom.

The next day we rode out on the Guana Dive boat with some folks we met and went snorkeling while they dove. Since it has been years I was diving I opted to snorkel even though the dives were non-technical and shallow.

We saw many different sorts of fish and the colors were vivid in many places. Quite a good ride although the water was rough on the reef at the first site we visited. Several folks were sucking water into their snorkels as a result. Not fun in 30 feet of water. While we did not see the shark the divers saw, we did see all of the Barracuda and other fish they did including some large Nassau Grouper (tasty) which are currently out of season. Regardless we were at the Park just South East of Guana Cay and retrieving anything is strictly forbidden.

At one point while snorkeling near the boat at the first (rough water) site, two schools of grey snapper and yellow tails were swarming all around me. What I did not know was that (sadly) a few folks were sea sick on the boat chumming...

But to the credit of the dive operator they called in a smaller boat to bring them back early. We met a few of them later on at Grabber's and she was telling us she still felt like she was moving even though she was standing still. It sounds like it's going to be a while before she gets back into a boat again.

So tonite is New Year's Eve.

Everyone have a safe time, and good luck in the new year! Don't forget to punish the liver tonite. I have some more photos that should be in the bucket soon.