Last night the stormy weather they were predicting hit and we had really high winds and rain. Even though we were tied to the dock we had a rocky ride during the night. Since we couldn´t travel today we decided to do some beach combing. Although we didn´ find Captain Morgan´s treasure we did see hundreds of huge conch shells as well as assorted flipflops, bic lighters , lengths of rope etc. washed up on the beach. It was a sunny day and we walked all the way to the end of the island where the airstrip is .Apparently 8-10 planes land here each day during the busy season. We talked to a couple on another boat tied up here and we recognized them as people we had met back in Elizabeth City, NC. on the fall leg of our ICW trip. We all had drinks together in the lounge that night and it turned out that the fellow(Don) djay-ing on the Spanish Cay radio station, moving sand at the beach with a backhoe this afternoon and serving us drinks at the bar, is actually the owner of this private island. He´s a real jack of all trades - even drives the firetruck which he purchased on ebay from NYC. He says he enjoys getting up and doing whatever he wants to each day. He flies back and forth to Lauderdale frequently on the plane he keeps here. They ´re calling for another really windy night and day so we may get to explore the other end of the island tomorrow if we have to stay put here.
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