Spearing Lobster

We went out with Rick and Sandra on the Key West in search of lobster.  John and Sandra both have Hawaiian Slings and Sandra is the Jedi-Zen-Master of spearing lobster.  She knows the good spots!  The water was an uncharacteristically 73 degrees (last year at this time it was 80) so we put on our wet suits. 

No, this isn't a giant manatee, it's me.

 

 

Sandra speared this 7" lobster!

 

 

You have to tear their heads off, then they look like this:

 

 

A couple of days ago, we rode our bikes to the north end of the island, about 4 miles from the marina.

 

Then we rode to Sugar Beach where there is a cave and lots of limestone.

Snails

More snails

I also like riding my bike to Sugar Beach at low tide to look for shells.  Low tide is CRAZY LOW!

This is what low tide looks like

 

Crab Tracks? Lizard?

The tide was coming in from 2 directions:

We are looking forward to decreased winds on Monday and Tuesday so we can go to Hoffman's Cay where there is a blue hole.