Andros - Day 5

Some who know me from work know that "quitting is NOT okay!"
Well no one told our dive instructor and his girlfriend, the dive master. Brian and I went outside to throw our gear on board and get a bite for breakfast and instead walked into a dramatic scene.

Diving was postponed until Paul and Jade collected their belongings and exited the premises. Mark and Lucia were mortified and extremely apologetic. They wanted to get us in the water, but were worried we were uncomfortable about the situation. We assured them that we dove on our own many times and having a guide was a "nice to have", not a requirement for us. Thankfully, we were the only ones in camp at the time so the impact was as minimal as it could be.

Once they were off, Lucia wasted no time and packed us some sandwiches and drinks and the four of us boarded the pontoon for an afternoon of diving and a much needed escape from the tense camp. Brian got a chance to be the "frog-man", which means he had to free-dive down to secure the submerged buoy line to tie off the boat.

After diving (and a nap) we joined back up for dinner and casual evening on the dock mostly talking golf. I think having us here during the drama may have provided a good outlet and easy distraction from the days events.

MEALS:
French toast with powdered sugar and syrup
Club sandwiches and PB&J on the boat picnic
Hogfish with mashed potatoes and corn on the cob with sweet bread and apple topped cheesecake for dessert!

WEATHER:
Sunday was a carbon copy of Saturday with beautiful skys and seas with a big helping of heat.

DIVING:
The Burbs (<25 ft shallow sandy area with several small coral heads in a wide area like little houses on small neighborhood plots):
Saddled blenny
Large school of medium sized mahogany snappers, schoolmasters and goatfish
Blue tang
Cleaner shrimp
Surgeonfish
Slender filefish (little guy only 2-3")
Gobys
bluehead wrasse
yellowhead wrasse
bicolor damselfish
pair of banded butterflyfish
tons and tons of fry
Harlequin fish
Queen triggerfish (large!)
6ft Nurse shark
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Jack Alley (65 ft deep area with larger formations - one particularly large and tall formation with several swim throughs and neighboring pillars):
very large fish all around...
tiger grouper
nassau grouper
barracuda
caberra snapper
longspine squirrelfish
lionfish
cero mackerel
4-eye butterfly pair
voodoo fish (sharpnose puffer)
yellowtail snapper
crazy little crab on the bouy line
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