It's been so quiet!

Hello out there!

 

How has everyone been?   We've been chillin and still taking it all in.  We've been without guests now for 3 weeks. The last two guests were my cousin, Kris and her husband Greg.  

Kris celebrated her 40th birthday while here & they both toasted their recent marriage several times during their stay.  It was a party and a continuous party at that.   We sent them out with our fishing buddy Hansito and they had a great day as they brought in the heaviest load & most variety so far out of the 3 trips that we have booked with him.   Kris caught a 3-4 ft Lemon Shark, Greg caught a 45 lb Wahoo, and they both caught several Barracudas, Blackfin Tuna and Bonita's.  Most people have said that Bonita is not very good to eat and when we tried it after the first trip, we fully understood their stand & agreed 100%.   They're basically only good for cut bait.  Everything else was a great catch.   Yes, even the Barracuda.  This is one of our favorite fish to eat on the island.   Don't shake your head till you try it.  It's a clean white fish.   When eating Barracuda; you must first throw out the head in the sand or dirt.  You ask why?  Well at least I would hope u would.  This fish sometimes carry a toxic posion.  But hey, several other tropical reef fish carry this toxin like snapper, amberjack, grouper.  & I bet some of u have eated these fish w/o giving it a second thought.  The locals here and in other countries have told about "head trick".  If the ants eat it; then the fish is OK to eat.  If the ants stay away; throw the Barracuda away.  It's poisonous.  Seriously!!!  Well at least it has worked for us, so far.  Want to more about this posion, than google Ciguatera.

Greg enjoyed fishing every evening at sunset from a
corner of the island.

and every evening he reeled in something.
If you look closely...this Barracuda has war wounds (belly towards the tail).
As Greg reeled it in, there was another Cuda attacking this one.

Kris and I are very close and have always competed in sporting events.  We both can be competitive but she definitely still excels where I've seemed to have fallen off quite a bit.  Well maybe more than a bit, cause I basically suck now.  I have no idea whats happened to me.  I used to excel in sports; now...don't pick me for your team.   Every afternoon, we got our cocktails, put our game faces on and had a Bocce Ball tourney right before sunset.   I'm not sure I won a game the whole week they were here.   Kris, Greg and Bob were intense and there was lots of trash talking.  

Intense game.

But more importantly
Everyone has drinks in hand.

I sure miss them being here.  I had a small boating accident where my arm got jammed up between the boat and the dock.  Pretty much had only limited use of my right arm.  Thank God I'm left handed.  But even at that; I had no idea how much I actually used my right arm.  Anyway,  Kris was a huge help for me in the kitchen and she was basically my right hand.  Thank you, Kris  You're the best!

Everyone thinks we'll be glad when they leave but I have to say that's quite the opposite.   We love having visitors.   We enjoy a special place here and love being able to share it.  No one has been disappointed yet.  

They looked pretty relaxed to me.

My Mom, Sandy (step-dad), my Great Aunt Luz and cousin Gloria will be our next group to arrive.  They'll be taking off from Houston tomorrow a.m.  Can't wait till there get here.

Well hope all is going well for you and your family.

We miss you and hope you'll be down to visit us soon too.

Big hugs,

Bonnie and Bob