After a
quick lunch of peanut butter and jelly we headed into the water for some
more snorkeling.
I was much more successful this time around as the water was much calmer. We went along the moat wall and saw some cool fish.
After paddling around for awhile we didn't find much coral as there was mostly sand and sea grass.
When we looked out to where the reef would be, we judged
it to be too far to swim as we had been snorkeling around for about an hour.
With that, we got out and went for a walk around the
moat. It's a nice stroll to get a view of all sides of the island. There was no one on the North Side beach as the wind and waves
were much more severe.
After taking a siesta we all headed back into the Fort. The ferry had departed with the majority of tourist and the island was much quieter.
Lindsay and I walked up to the third floor and walked along the edge. This Fort is basically no holds barred and you can go wherever you want with very few signs warning you off.
I stayed close to the inside edge as I didn’t want to fall three stories into a moat. As the smell of charcoal filled the air with people cooking dinner, we glumly slapped together more peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (we figured since we were only there one night it would be easier to not bring anything to cook). One of my favorite parts of this trip was watching the sunset.
The few sunset festivals I’ve been to are crazy, carnival atmospheres but it was just a few of us on the beach, watching the sun sink slowly. I celebrated with my trademark cartwheel.
When it was fully dark we decided to walk around the moat again and search for creatures.
Here is the lighthouse all lit up:
Some eerie pictures of the moat at sunset:
Shining the flashlight around, we didn't spy much around the moat but we hit paydirt when we wandered over to the boat dock and saw tons of little fishies and some barracudas hovering around. Lindsay spotted a huge black shape that she initially thought may be a shark but turned out to be a goliath grouper. These things are 400 pounds!
Here's a pic to give you an idea:
It was kind of eerie to watch it float around. We wound down for the night by doing some amazing star gazing. It was a fairly clear night and we saw billions of stars. Jess and Lindsay wisely pointed out constellations while I just enjoyed the peace and quiet (minus the exception of me belting out Lion King songs).
I was much more successful this time around as the water was much calmer. We went along the moat wall and saw some cool fish.
I stayed close to the inside edge as I didn’t want to fall three stories into a moat. As the smell of charcoal filled the air with people cooking dinner, we glumly slapped together more peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (we figured since we were only there one night it would be easier to not bring anything to cook). One of my favorite parts of this trip was watching the sunset.
The few sunset festivals I’ve been to are crazy, carnival atmospheres but it was just a few of us on the beach, watching the sun sink slowly. I celebrated with my trademark cartwheel.
Here is the lighthouse all lit up:
Here's a pic to give you an idea:
It was kind of eerie to watch it float around. We wound down for the night by doing some amazing star gazing. It was a fairly clear night and we saw billions of stars. Jess and Lindsay wisely pointed out constellations while I just enjoyed the peace and quiet (minus the exception of me belting out Lion King songs).
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