Barry and I both chose grilled shrimp with corn on the cob and Bahamian mac n cheese. It was quite tasty, but the mac n cheese (which is baked) was not as good as my cousin Deidre's version. She has been gracious enough to prepare some small containers for our voyage and we have enjoyed it all along the Loop. After lunch we rented a golf cart to further explore the island. The wind was much stronger at the northern end of the island and it was mostly cloudy, but the color of the flowers was still bright. We went up to the Hilton resort to see if it was still standing following the first week of Spring Break. On Monday morning, a ferry had brought 700 college kids over for a week of partying. They all headed back today, leaving Paradise Beach with only a handful of revelers. There will be another delivery on each of the next two Mondays. We surmised that the Hilton staff needed the weekend to put the place back together. Done with the touring, we returned the golf cart and grabbed a beverage and a good seat for the afternoon show.
The sharks are used to being fed from 2:00-5:00. By 3:30 there were six rather large bull sharks swimming just off the dock. The sharks were interesting, but I found the symbiotic relationship between them and their little "remoras" to be even more intriguing. The little fish just hang on near the shark's pectoral fins and wait for scraps. By swimming behind the shark's mouth they are safe from being dinner themselves. Also interesting that the pelicans were in no way threatened by the big guys gliding inches below them.
Maybe tomorrow we'll find what's inside the coconut.
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