Saturday, November 15, 2003

 

Today the day started with a thrilling boat ride to a local favorite -Tiano Beach.   Although there was a lot of cloud cover it was better than a day in school, and there was a lot of spirited volleyball along with some naps in the warm sand.  And a lot of time for the guys to just talk.

Roy and shark

Gee, where's Roy?

Pickup truck princesses

Roy going over the schedule - that he is making up as he goes along

Can you tell which one is Bahamian??

A large crowd assembles

Max checks out the girls from a good viewing spot

First boat load leaves

And the second

These guys just look like they belong on a boat!

Another boat load

Meanwhile SOME are doing homework

Max is a little nervous going 50 MPH in a boat...

...and so are some of the others!

Dinning it!

Wild Man John Hines, boat driver

Arrival at Tiano

Transportation, Bahamian style

Here come the girls

 

Charly and Bianca

The Bahamian Interacters were there as well

It WAS a Rotary function

Lots of volleyball

Some played, some watched

What are the guys looking at??  The ball??

Cheering section

Even the old geezers got into the game

They really played to win!

Linda with a new souvenir

 

A whole PILE of souvenirs!

 

"Can you make sushi out of this??"

Local "Tony Macaroni" shows how to clean a conch

Start by cutting a hole in the top of the shell

A live conch

Conch that has been cleaned

Tony doing what he does best - cooking conch!

Let's bury Pierre - AGAIN!

This was a VERY ugly serve

Tony's "Restaurant"

A typical Bahamian lunch - Kentucky Fried Chicken!

There were periods of great sun

Roy speaks - and confuses the hell out of the locals

Truck stuffing

Beach bums for sure

Hosts Monica and Richard Bates

The girls waiting for their ship to come in!