Today was a boat day. Ian took Bill, Sarah, Sara, John and I out to the end of No Name Cay.  The water was so clear, you could see the bottom for most of the trip.

A word to the wise…if you are prone to motion sickness, do not keep looking down into the water to see if you can spot things, while the boat is moving.  It was so tempting to keep looking into the water, but it did make me feel yucky, for sure!

At the end of No Name Cay, there is quite a coral reef area.  Ian was hoping to find lobster there. He anchored and started snorkeling to find them, but had no luck. John and I stayed on the boat, but the others got in the dinghy and did a bit of a tour around to see if there were any better spots. But, no luck.

Back on the boat, we took a short ride around the corner and docked on No Name to see the swimming pigs.  They were in the water a bit, but not swimming when we were there.  There are about 25 that live on the island, and they were quite comfortable around people.  Another beautiful spot, but no people live there. There is a restaurant/bar there, but we just took a walk on the beach and then returned to the boat.  

Ian decided to take us to another spot to try to find lobster. This was the place he had found lobsters before. It was almost across from the thatched roof house as the island (Treasure Cay) has many turns and curves. He delivered Bill, Sarah, John and I to this beautiful little beach, while he and Sara took the dinghy and did some snorkeling to try to find lobster.  They managed to find 3.

Bill and Sarah did a bit of snorkeling from the beach and Bill found a conch shell with a hermit crab in it.  They also saw some little fish, but not a lot. I found some huge snails about the size of a golf ball. 

Little Sara was almost blue by the time they brought the dinghy to shore. Ian had on a wet suit, but she didn’t, and getting in and out of the water was pretty cold. But, she was happy to have some snorkeling time.

The water was pretty choppy getting back to the boat with the dinghy, and on the way back home.  I have become more comfortable on the boat, but it’s still a little scary when it tosses and heaves. Ian cleaned the lobster as we bounced over the waves. The lobster look quite different…no claws like ours and a different more brown colouring. They aren’t as good tasting as our lobster, but they are still good. 

This time, when we got to the mooring, Sarah and I were ready with our phones on video as Bill grabbed the gaff.  Much to our disappointment, he hooked the mooring with ease and we turned off the cameras. BUT…Bill was holding the gaff and the boat seemed to be moving away as Ian went to the bow to get the rope.  Bill tried to hold it, but it was either slide into the water or drop the gaff…He chose to drop the gaff.  We were laughing so hard as Ian realized he had put the boat into reverse instead of neutral! We were so disappointed that we had turned off the videos, though!

We decided a lobster dip would be a good way to make sure everyone got to enjoy some lobster. So, after boiling the lobster tails and using what we had on hand…cream cheese, sour cream, mayo, onion, garlic, celery, tabasco sauce and pepper jack cheese, we created a Michelin Star worthy dip. We baked it until it got bubbly and served it along with some nachos and crackers and we hit it out of the park!

We shared dinner with the neighbours again at their villa. Along with the lobster dip, we had chicken thighs in a sweet and sour sauce, rice, stirfried carrots/green beans to add to their coleslaw, potato salad, and chicken drumsticks…again, all on that amazing deck!