Adventures of Tom, Jan & Peanut Continued: Our last Day at Staniel Cay

March 16, 2015

Six of us decided to rent a golf cart to tootle around the entire island for 1/2 day then enjoy one more lunch of conch bits at the yacht club before heading out to Black Point in the morning. The island is small allowing us to see everything easily in a 1/2 day. We did ride in circles at one point trying to find one of the beaches. Finally stopping to ask for directions. As it turns out we passed the very large sign several times but the road was actually a very small path on the rocks cut out just wide enough for a golf cart. Now we can add off road riding up hill with branches in our face to our list of adventures!! Did I mention that the path is really just wide enough for one cart? Luckily we did not meet another cart trying to come down the path! Oh, and attempting this up hill trek with 6 people on a golf cart whose battery is dying was an added laugh. The battery was now so low that we thought we were going to have to push the golf cart back or abandon it. We crept back to one of the places along the way that rents golf carts. They charged it enough to allow us to get back to the yacht club, the point of return. At the club we laughed about the days activities while enjoying a cold kalick and conch fritters and bits. The nurse sharks and stingrays had gathered near the dock waiting for fish to be cleaned. We had watched a boy snorkel with the sharks earlier in the week so I decided I wanted to try and pet one! Ankle deep in the water, camera in hand, I tried to attract the sharks. When one finally was curious enough to approach very near my feet, my friend Cindi yelled my name which in turn startled me and I jumped out of the water. So much for petting a shark, but we did get a few good photos. Oh almost forgot this little tidbit that Toms friends who know him well will appreciate. We passed the dump on our ride around the island. Tom saw a piece of plexi-glass on the ground at the entrance to the dump. We stopped so he could pick it up. He was able to salvage a nice large piece and made us a look bucket!