Lobster and Cheese Fondue

I3 boats had anchored amongst us and everybody seemed to have a great time and so did we watching them. Amazingly for how much Venezuelans like to party with very loud music it was very quite here. Valentines Day we had an early dinner with a bottle of champagne and a Swiss Cheese Fondue, now life can't get any better. Following night we feasted on lobster so after 4 days of doing absolutely nothing we decided it was time to venture ashore to walk the good food off. By now everybody had left again and we had this Paradise to ourselves. We walked along the beautiful beach surrounding our anchorage of the finest coral sand. I thought for sure with the high waves that had crashed on shore over the weekend I would find tons of shells. All I found were little smooth clams of pure white and also some very small pieces of the most beautiful white coral which are perfect for making pendants.
The following day we headed across the isthmus to the most beautiful mile after mile long beach where the water was clear and in all shades of blue. Big rollers hit a shoal that protected the beach from the shore break that was further along.
Where the sand stopped and the flat lands of the island started was the biggest eyesore we've ever seen. We must have walked 2 miles along this gorgeous beach to realize that it was all polluted with piles and piles of trash, mainly plastic bottles. There also was a huge tree including roots that had washed ashore, would be a pisser to run into something like that at sea as it was at least 60 feet long. At this point we had seen enough trash and slowly headed back. Sid had fun, he had a goal to pick up every single flip flop he could find in the trash pile and strung them up on a long line and pulled them behind himself. You should have seen the pile he had when we got back to were we had started. The flip flop string was at least 8 feet long. Sid then assembled them above the beach and we counted 120 of them and he was very proud to have left a little flip flop memorial and I'm sure many will wonder "What the Heck"!!!
Later in the afternoon that day we took a couple of cocktails ashore and played boccha ball as the sun sank to the horizon. We plaid 3 sets and I beat Sid big time on each game, guess we have to have a rematch soon. I have to add we were very sore the next day from all the walking and exercising.
The weather has been great and the nights down right cold. After sundown we both put our sweater or jacket on and sip on hot tea, well I am, Sid thinks the rum helps too. Night temperature is around 75 and water temp is a cold 72 degrees, brrrrrrrr,
February 19th our buddies Captain Jack and his Crew Rob and Debi on Wind Shear anchored next to us and will spend the next two weeks with us before they are headed to Trinidad and us to the Roques.