The Culps of the Caribbean

We went beach combing today along a long vacant stretch of the Atlantic Ocean.  We spotted a ginormous buoy tangled up in a tree branch and a big wad of ropes.  Amy suggested we find a piece of broken glass to cut the ropes.  Seriously?  We see that fictional stuff on TV.  Tried it. It worked!!  Now the buoy will retire as our swimming pool toy.  Markers on the buoy indicate that it floated here from Nigeria.

We spent the afternoon at a sleepy little fishing village on the northeastern edge of St. Kitts.  On the way through the village we saw lobster traps being constructed and I would have taken pictures but that seemed intrusive at the time.  While beach combing I observed a local fisherman with a dozen conch that he was extracting from their shells.  Very interesting.  He did not want his picture taken. On the way to this village we passed a large number of lobster buoys just off shore on the Caribbean side.  When the restaurants say "fresh lobster", indeed it is fresh, as are the conch fritters. A reef protects the shoreline to make this a natural safe harbor for the local fishing fleet.  Mount Liamauga in the background. Amy and Kyle in the distance doing some beach combing.  Amy has a huge collection of beach glass from this trip. Looking south along the Atlantic coastline. Kyle is rescuing a Portugues...

Saturday's weather was blustery with the rain and the wind, although still 80 degrees. Once it cleared in the afternoon we made it down to the nearest beach which is about 1/2 mile from home.  The surf was all worked up from the wind. On Sunday, the weather was perfect.  We went down to Key's Beach which is about 4 miles away.  It is a very long stretch of a sandy beach that faces a wild Atlantic Ocean.  Amy spent a lot of time picking up beach glass.  My day was made when I spotted the trail of a sea turtle that had laid it's eggs the night before. To read more about the St. Kitts Sea Turtle Monitoring Network click the link below: http://www.stkittsturtles.org/www.stkittsturtles.org/Welcome.html Lastly,  I had spotted a large boat that was parked on a street in town.  Amy wanted to see it.  Here it is:   Nope, not on a trailer. On the street.