Tuesday morning, we went down to our private beach again, and this time I was able to swim around looking at fish with Tom because I took one of the snorkeling masks from our house. It was SO cool! There is amazing coral and sealife in our bay. The only thing that made me uneasy was the barracuda swimming around... they don't go after humans, but they're attracted to shiny things, and I had my wedding ring on. We saw a few, and I hid my ring, and they weren't interested in us. We also saw an amberjack and tons of minnows and other colorful little fish.
After exploring the water, we climbed the giant rocks on the left side of our bay. Tom went all the way to a big mountain of rocks on the far end while I once again sunbathed topless. We were supposed to go deep sea fishing Tuesday afternoon, but the boat was having engine trouble, so that got postponed until Wednesday. Instead, we got in the jeep and set out to explore some of the bays on the north end of the island (after lunch - PB&J for Tom and PB&banana for me... mmm).
We drove down but missed the turn for route 20 (there's no sign), so we ended up going all the way to Cruz Bay and hitting the north shore from the other side. The drive on 20 is really cool and jungle-like - narrower and unpaved with tall canopies of trees shielding out the sunlight.
We stopped at Trunk Bay for the afternoon and swam out to its snorkeling trail - Trunk Bay is a beautiful beach with white sand and clear water, and if you swim out to a little island off the coast, there's a guided snorkeling trail and incredible sealife under the water. I'm a big wuss, so I only swam out and followed the trail for a few minutes before heading back to shore (and man I wish I was a better swimmer). Tom stayed out a lot longer, though - he loves snorkeling and seeing everything teeming under the surface. He eventually came back in, and we got some snacks and walked down the beach to some huge rocks at the end. Then we came back, packed up our stuff, and headed home. This was such a beautiful beach – it's one of the most photographed in the world, and we could see why.
We ate dinner at a place called Island Blues that night. It was down in Coral Bay right on the water - really cool view and nice local vibe (they also had a UNC flag like Woody's and a 123 New York subway sign!). I ate a lot of shrimp for dinner even though I recently learned that I had a shellfish allergy... I've never had a problem before, but I've also never eaten that much shrimp in one sitting... more on that later.
We had a nice dinner and came back to play some card games. We were having a lot of fun and it turned into a really entertaining night (with some new lingerie). 0:-) After we fell asleep, though, I woke up again and had to make a beeline for the bathroom. I seriously thought I was going to black out and hit my head on the slate floor in between vomiting spells... my body was definitely rejecting all of that shrimp. I got SOOOO sick... I guess I can have shellfish in moderation (like the two beer-battered shrimp I had at Woody's) but that shrimp po' boy was just too much...
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