Sam

Saturday morning, Gary and I head back out to our favorite beach - Bottom Bay.  Forecast for the day was scattered showers, clearing as the day wore on.  A lot of times it will rain everywhere on the island, except on the east coast - where Bottom Bay is located.  So,we were hoping for a miracle of sunshine, but we didn't get it.  It stayed cloudy all day, but we still had a great time and ended up getting to experience something new.  It was quite different from the normal, and I have discovered that I enjoy differetness (new word I just made up).  I don't enjoy doing the same thing over and over.  We enjoyed just sitting in the chairs with the wind blowing on us from the ocean, eating our picnic lunch, talking about what we thought the future might look like for us, helping tourist take pictures of themselves on the beach, walking in the sand, etc.  When we were packing up to leave, Sam came up and asked us if we wanted to see a new beach that we had probably never seen before.  Sam is one of the local guys that hangs around the Bottom Bay area making money off the tourists.  He can climb a coconut tree in no time.  He sells jewelry, and as we were about to discover is also a tour guide on occasion.  We have talked with him many times in the past and so we felt comfortable letting him ride with us to this new beach.  Here is a picture of Sam walking on the beach at Bottom Bay and I was taking the picture from the cliff above.

So, Sam rode with us and showed us the way to another beach, and he was right - we had never been to this beach.  Truthfully, I'm surprised - because I thought Gary and I had found them all.  I don't think there would be any way that we would have found this beach on our own.  We had to go through pastures and go between houses, cows, and sheep.  But, there was a nice set of steps leading down to the beach - and folks, it was awesome!  It was low tide and there were shells everywhere.  I can not wait to go back and collect a bunch of them.  I want to make some shell Valentines, art work, and picture frames with these shells.  This is the first look at the beach after we walked down the stairs. Sam said that he comes down to this beach fairly often to bathe in the mornings.

Here is a picture of Sam and Gary:

We walked up on this pile of shells.  Sam said it is from people breaking open the conch shells to get the meat out of the shell and then the people leave the shells behind.

Up close picture of some coral and small sea shells lying all around

Here is an upclose view of a shallow pool where we could get into the water without fearing a wave crashing down upon us from the very harsh waves of the Atlantic Ocean.

Here is some kind of critter that Sam said was really good to eat.  I can not remember the name he called it. But, yes, I would try it after it had been cooked if ever offered to me.