Dewey and I decided to sleep in today since we had gotten very little sleep the night before in New York. We finally dragged ourselves out of bet at around 10, ate breakfast at the villa and headed for the beach. We were planning to go back to Coral Gardens but we decided to do some exploring first. We ended up driving all the way to Leeward on the eastern-most part of the island. The beach there had the same amazing sand but the water wasn't as clear. The sand is so fine that any disturbance at all causes it to cloud the water. We laid around soaking up the sun for awhile and then we decided to try snorkeling. It was pretty much a lost cause b/c the cloudiness of the water kept us from really being able to see anything.
After that we headed back to the villa for lunch. After lunch we headed down to the marina to check out the dive boats. Dewey has a two tank dive scheduled for tomorrow so he wanted to see where he needed to go and when. His dives are scheduled with Flamingo Divers and they leave from the marina right below Harbour Club. We walked around the marina and found the dive shop. Dewey was able to get all his paperwork done & his equipment rented so everything will be ready to go in the morning. The boat captain said that they may go try to dive with whales tomorrow. Dewey is very excited but doesn't want to jinx it!
Somehow on the way back to the villa we manage to lose the keys to the car. We had planned to head right to the beach but instead we spent an hour looking for the keys. Come to find out we had dropped them when walking back from the marina. Dewey and I combed the route 4 times before we finally found them. Not to be deterred from snorkeling, we climbed into the car. This time we headed to Smith's reef just north of Turtle Cove. It was getting close to sunset so we tried to hurry. We jumped into the water & started snorkeling. We had walked down the shore & finally just said "might as well get in here" because we couldn't really tell where the reef was. We puttered around looking at lots of sea grass thinking "where the hell is it". We were still having fun, mind you, because we say some ginormous starfish and some other interesting fish. Then Dewey signalled to me and sure enough there was the reef. It is a small reef but it is in very shallow water so you can get right up to it snorkeling. We saw tons of fish (including squirrel fish...my fave), sea cucumbers, some kind of sea worm & lots of other life. The highlight was a large grouper hiding in the reef. He opened his mouth and a shrimp went in and started cleaning. It was really a sight. We may try to rent an underwater camera for our next snorkeling adventure so that we can capture those kind of moments on film!
When we surfaced the sun was about to set so we headed for shore. We walked back to our stuff and met a great family from Washington state. They, like us, had planned this trip last minute to escape the cold. We each shared our tips for the island with each other. They had visited Grand Turk before coming to Provo and really liked it. We may have to go visit there one day.
Dinner tonight was at the Tiki Hut. We don't usually do repeats so early in the trip but we were starving and didn't have a lot of time to decide. Plus they had a crab and corona special. Come to find out it was quite expensive though ($36 for the crab only) so we decided to get snapper instead. It was very tasty (though not as tasty as Da Conch shack) and it was a fillet which made eating much easier.
After that we headed back for a relaxing night at the villa. A note on pictures......we haven't been carrying our camera around b/c we don't want to leave it in our car while we snorkel. This has led to a definite lack of pictures. We do plan to take more pictures but it may be in one big wack instead of each day.
After that we headed back to the villa for lunch. After lunch we headed down to the marina to check out the dive boats. Dewey has a two tank dive scheduled for tomorrow so he wanted to see where he needed to go and when. His dives are scheduled with Flamingo Divers and they leave from the marina right below Harbour Club. We walked around the marina and found the dive shop. Dewey was able to get all his paperwork done & his equipment rented so everything will be ready to go in the morning. The boat captain said that they may go try to dive with whales tomorrow. Dewey is very excited but doesn't want to jinx it!
Somehow on the way back to the villa we manage to lose the keys to the car. We had planned to head right to the beach but instead we spent an hour looking for the keys. Come to find out we had dropped them when walking back from the marina. Dewey and I combed the route 4 times before we finally found them. Not to be deterred from snorkeling, we climbed into the car. This time we headed to Smith's reef just north of Turtle Cove. It was getting close to sunset so we tried to hurry. We jumped into the water & started snorkeling. We had walked down the shore & finally just said "might as well get in here" because we couldn't really tell where the reef was. We puttered around looking at lots of sea grass thinking "where the hell is it". We were still having fun, mind you, because we say some ginormous starfish and some other interesting fish. Then Dewey signalled to me and sure enough there was the reef. It is a small reef but it is in very shallow water so you can get right up to it snorkeling. We saw tons of fish (including squirrel fish...my fave), sea cucumbers, some kind of sea worm & lots of other life. The highlight was a large grouper hiding in the reef. He opened his mouth and a shrimp went in and started cleaning. It was really a sight. We may try to rent an underwater camera for our next snorkeling adventure so that we can capture those kind of moments on film!
When we surfaced the sun was about to set so we headed for shore. We walked back to our stuff and met a great family from Washington state. They, like us, had planned this trip last minute to escape the cold. We each shared our tips for the island with each other. They had visited Grand Turk before coming to Provo and really liked it. We may have to go visit there one day.
Dinner tonight was at the Tiki Hut. We don't usually do repeats so early in the trip but we were starving and didn't have a lot of time to decide. Plus they had a crab and corona special. Come to find out it was quite expensive though ($36 for the crab only) so we decided to get snapper instead. It was very tasty (though not as tasty as Da Conch shack) and it was a fillet which made eating much easier.
After that we headed back for a relaxing night at the villa. A note on pictures......we haven't been carrying our camera around b/c we don't want to leave it in our car while we snorkel. This has led to a definite lack of pictures. We do plan to take more pictures but it may be in one big wack instead of each day.
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