Let’s Stay One More Day in Berry Islands

Can you hear the sizzle??

Pedro and Capt Chappy hanging out at Hot Shots

One of the beautiful beaches here in the Berrys

Local firetruck

Barracuda!

When's dinner???

Making conch salad
 

The winds had died down a bunch but we decided to say one more day to enjoy it. This is called pleasure boating, BTW! HA! It turned out to be a really good day too! Mike caught a four foot barracuda! He said it put up quite a fight. Never knew you could eat barracuda but the guys here say it's really good and makes good steaks. As long as they are not caught out around the reefs – this one was caught right out in the bay. Mike made a deal with Tehran'' to clean it and just give us a small amount to try. I'm still not sure about it. We'll see.

Pedro came by and took us on a tour of the Island in his car. The beaches here are so pretty. I found a huge sand biscuit! There is an airport on this island not far from the beaches. Interesting to see the planes there, along with the fire "trucks" – actually a jeep pulling a big water tank. Hope there are no fires on the second floor!

We had lunch at a local hangout named – Hot Shots. The special there today was Curried Mutton. Too bad they were out of it. Had to suffer with chicken wings. No problem!

There is an old hotel/resort here in ruins that used to be known as the Sugar Loaf Resort. This resort was built by the Rat Pack in the 1950s. Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr. along with Marilyn Monroe and Angie Dickinson (among others) used to come here regularly. Just think of the times they had. If this place could talk …….! It would be nice to see it brought back to life someday but that's really doubtful. It wouldn't be the same anyway.

We had drinks and dinner with two other boating couples at the Pool Bar. It was lots of fun listening to their stories. One couple was on a huge sailboat (Seadacious) and had lots of sailing experience around the world. They boated six months at a time and had a B/B in Wisconsin somewhere. The other one was on a trawler (Meander) a lot like ours only bigger and newer. They had been on a boat of some type now for nearly thirty years! They were from the Cape Cod area and were working their way on down south somewhere.

We also befriended the captain of a fishing boat (Hard Eight) named Tom. The boat had been at Coral Bay Marina when we were there. He took the owner out one day and came back with a bunch of yellowtail and trigger fish. Chester here at the dock cleaned them all and it seemed to take him forever. Tom was one of the guys that showed Mike how to clean a conch. I'm anxious to see if Mike can do it – a lot harder than it seems!

We are definitely leaving in the morning. Weather looks good and we can't stay here forever! We've got places to see!

Till next time!

Admiral "C"