Sunday, May 23, 2022
Did I mention yet that there are 10 dive spots in front of the property? They consist of shipwrecks, reefs, and mooring balls. Today I visit two of them – Home Reef, and Northwind Tug. Bay Mooring I went to with Amma a couple of weeks ago.
We go snorkeling to a couple of spots today. The water is so clear you can see straight to the bottom. Home Reef is where I see my first nurse shark. Northwind Tug is where I spot two, maybe three turtles, a stingray, and lots of fishies.
Getting into the water, we enter from what Ryan refers to as “the bat cave”. Not because it’s an actual bat cave but because think ‘Batman and where he pulls up the Bat Mobile’…it’s primal access into the water – literally at the end of the driveway!
There’s 7 of us going out – Ryan leading the way, pulling the dive flag out to communicate with boaters there are people in the water. Such a life. Waking up and agreeing to a spontaneous snorkel. “What a life” as Amma would say.
I am pretty exhausted after the snorkel, and from waking early all week to write. I lounge around on the front porch drifting off for an hour or two in the afternoon. Rarely do I require a nap but I listen when my body fails to function.
I rest up for the second half of the day, drinking an iced latte after my nap. Dan, Lucy, and I have plans to bike to the lighthouse today.
At about 3:45p we set off! Dan and Lucy are a couple from England that just arrived on Friday. I am hopeful they are my age and after talking with them I am certain they are. They are 24 and 23 I learn.
It’s a bit of a gradual incline from the Inn to the trailhead. The road turns to dirt and is littered with pot holes big enough you could swim in them.
About 2 miles later we arrive at the trailhead, having passed a couple of stunning beaches and an area where the waves meet the road.
The trail is quite short – maybe a quarter mile up. The woods surrounding it are dense and filled with teeny lizards, which Dan spots regularly. At the top of the trails, we are spit out into the most magnificent view. Hills of the north shore of the island roll to the east and the jagged coastline shoots up, largely untouched.
The lighthouse, which has been there for ages, has clearly not stood up to the harsh tropical environment that is a mixture of salt and heat.
Across the bay you see Cane Bay. At Cane Bay Beach, “The Wall” is there – a world-famous dive spot with one of the steepest seafloors in the Caribbean. The Wall is created by the Puerto Rico Trench and is the boundary where the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic meet.
Soon, we are zooming at 19 mph down the road on our bikes back to the Inn. A marvelous Sunday, indeed.
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