Not much to report about day 6 'cept to say that we probably covered a couple of the seven deadly sins. Sloth and gluttony leap immediately to mind but it's entirely possible that we covered the lot. No bad karma here though. I don't begrudge those folks who live here through the long northern winters for their good fortune, but I sure would like to be one of them someday. That doesn't count as envy does it?
Once again the beach called. First stop was Sun Dog for sandwiches to go (fantastic, btw) then on to Gibney again. We had the entire western end to ourselves all day.....must have been a slow beach day. We relaxed, played, ate, swam, read, snorkeled, listened to music, observed comic rooster behavior, inspected fallen coconuts and altogether chilled in no particular order.
After that, there was nothing to be done but head back to Gallows to recover from that exhausting exercise. In all our past visits we had never eaten dinner at Chateau Bordeaux. Since the moon was still full we were lucky to get a reservation and a beautiful table by the window. Dinner was great and our waiter Warren was super and very sweet. We shared a couple of apps, the Coconut Prawns Tempura and the Spring Greens then the entrees were filet, duck and lamb. #2 had the clam soup for his entree and all four of us shared and tasted each dish. Believe it or not we made room for dessert, the creme caramel and a warm chocolate soufflee type concoction which surely qualified to be a deadly sin in and of itself.
This is our first visit to the VI's that we haven't booked a day trip or half day trip somewhere. We might decide to do something unless we don't. Maybe we'll just run out of time making up our mind and that will be fine, too.
Pat, I hadn't thought of that explanation for the missing pewter cups. We can't just go around poisoning people for the sake of table fashion, I suppose. My criminal mind worried that because they were so cute that some sticky fingered tourist made off them one gazpacho at a time. Great excuse for ice cream though!
Cocosmom, I'm a bad one to ask about the night shot settings because I am experimenting quite a bit as I learn. For the ones posted I changed the ISO to 800, then used the automatic night setting on the setting wheel. The trick was keeping the camera steady without a tripod. For night shots that is key. Last's night's full moon over Coral Bay pics didn't turn out at all. When I get a chance I'll play with adjusting them to see if I can improve the quality. There are others here who are much more qualified to comment than I.
Marcia, the Tooth Fairy is magic. She can do anything.
