Today we went snorkeling in the afternoon at a nice coral head near where we are anchored by Big Guana Cay.  The highlight was a big sea turtle we saw about ten feet down on the coral.  It put up with us for a little while and then took off so fast we almost missed where it went.  I had no idea turtles could swim that fast.  Bill speared another Spadefish.  There were at least 7 or 8 or them, but as soon as they saw someone was after them, they hid and the rest escaped.

Later in the afternoon, we all went ashore and had cracked conch and rum punch or beer at Scorpio, a local bar.  The rum punch was almost all rum and very little punch.  I spent about three hours drinking my little cup and brought it over to Lorraine’s for dinner. Lorraine’s is the little restaurant we went to yesterday to use the Internet. 

We called for reservations early in the day and Lorraine’s response to all of our questions, like what time should we come, was “No Problem.”  We showed up at 5:30, after Happy Hour across the street and Lorraine’s daughter took our order.  We had previously learned that on Friday and Saturday nights, Lorraine serves barbecue for $14 a person.  We asked her to repeat it several times to be sure we heard her correctly.  We asked Lorraine’s daughter if we should order one item or if it was a buffet.  She just told us to order whatever we wanted from the choices of grilled or minced lobster, grilled conch, ribs, chicken, or fish.  As you can see from our plates, we got generous portions, including three sides of rice and peas, macaroni and cheese, and coleslaw.  There was another table of about a dozen cruisers and another couple at a smaller table.  We arrived last.  Two hours after our order was taken, our plates were delivered to the table.  That was fine, as we were in no hurry, and the food was worth the wait.  In fact, we applauded when the food was brought as the presentation was beautiful.

We spent about an hour and a half eating and no one brought us a bill.  We knew the cost after we added in any canned or bottled drinks we got out of the cooler (in the photo behind Lorraine and her granddaughter DeAsia).  We each put our cash on the table, thanked Lorraine, and left.  She never looked at how much we gave her.  We try to pay with cash everywhere as there is a 3 - 5% charge for using a credit or debit card.  Some places don’t even allow credit.  In a grocery store there was a sign by the checkout counter that said, “Mr. Credit was assassinated and buried, so please don’t ask for him!!”  Most stores and marinas do take checks.  They must be trusting people, as obviously some checks must bounce.  They are mainly concerned with the charge they must pay to the credit card companies. 

Lorraine’s granddaughter was very friendly and had to visit each table.  There was a birthday hat on our table - we don’t know why - so we gave it to DeAsia.  Each table she visited (all three of them) sang “Happy Birthday” to her.