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| Nikki at Captain Morgan's side |
As we sat in our booth at the Sunrise Restaurant we could see this bigger than life-sized statue of the captain wheeled out by bikini clad nymphs. Of an evening, we knew he'd be wheeled back by bathing beauties. John jokingly said, "What a life!"
During our last vacation my sister stood under the captain's arm for a Kodak moment, this summer Nikki graced Capt. Morgan's arm while I snapped a shot. His left hand stabs a sword in the earth, and his right brandishes a hook. His long black coat, his tri-corn hat bedecked with a Jolly Roger, and his peg-leg says he's a pirate.
Sure enough, wikipedia says the captain has a sketchy history of being a privateer, plantation raider then the owner, and finally governor of Jamaica.
As for Captain Derek, he led the dolphin touring adventure. It was a boat ride in the waves of Lazeretto Creek and out to Dolphin Bay. They churned up the water by revving the boat which stirred pods of dolphins to show themselves, flipping in the water. We got to see a baby dipping alongside it's mother.
Captain Derek says if you're going to go online to give a good review of several stars , go to his website, but if you're only giving one star, please mistake him for Captain Mike's Dolphin Tours, LOL.
As we rode his boat, Captain Derek and his mate pointed out dolphins at the prow or starboard side, asked questions like, "Have you been in the Atlantic Ocean? You have now!", told details about dolphins swimming 20 miles per hour, and attaining 6 to 12 feet long, and spun yarns, particularly the Waving Girl story. Towards the end, Captain Derek said, "We make a good team. My mate never tells a lie, and I never let the truth get in the way of a good story." I know, I know, that quote was stole.
Our boat, painted black with green dripping trails, was named Monster, but the one behind us was my favorite, with a gun on the nose and the name on the side, Spear It -- spelled S, P, E, A, R, a fun play on words.
The ride was $30 a person or so, depending on your group or age, so I had to laugh at a little boy so unconcerned with spray from the ocean or spotting a dolphin that he laid backside down on a boat bench, not getting his parents' monies worth, but lollying his head right, and swinging his arms, "Swim, swim, swim."
Before we embarked on Capt. Derek's Adventure, we had a double breakfast at the Sunrise Restaurant.
They brought us our orders which didn't look quite right but after we'd tucked in, they brought us our order again. Man, were we stuffed. They couldn't take 'em back 'cause of potential for germ transfer, so we ate hearty, we were lucky ducks!
At the beach Ian and Nikki about had an encounter with a Black Fin Shark just 15 feet away. Someone else DID get a shark bite and was taken by ambulance.
Later that afternoon, we walked a board walk built over a pond where turtles live. I mean lots and lots and lots of turtles. Probably 30 right under us near the support posts, probably a 100 just below water's surface and plenty more coming up. They came from under the bridge to the right, and from around the outcropping to the left, looking like little gray balls floating our way. You couldn't see their bodies, only their brown and black heads with yellow streaks. They were eastern box and bog turtles that pushed and shoved to get right under us. Too bad we didn't have some bread or fish bait to share, but it did make Nikki squeal to see them all.
After a visit to the Parish Thrift Store where I bought sis some decos for her Harry Potter motif at school, and after a dish of Beau & Arros frozen yogurt, we walked the beach. I had my first taste of gelato, a non-dairy yogurt. It was delicious raspberry, and tangy apricot - sweet, cool, and smooth. So enjoyable while water lapped our feet, beachcombers left the sand, and the quiet of the dusky evening settled in for the night.
We were mateys' with a full day and a full tummy.
"Arrgh, ain't it so, Captains?"
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