S/V Meadowlark

I have become quite the fan of the mollusk.  Particularly these big guys.  That's the whole critter above once removed from its shell.  Yes, it does look like something from another planet, and cleaning them takes a little getting used to.  The flavor of the meat is sweet; somewhere between shrimp and crab, but is best (in my opinion) eaten raw with lime juice.  Conch are all over the place here.  As a matter of fact, they are so abundant that the locals use their shells to build walls with concrete mortar.  I'm not going to be turning down free food while I'm here, so I plan to take full advantage.

By the way, saw the largest shark I have ever seen in the wild the other evening while looking around for conch near north Man O War cut. Visibility was a little poor, but it was probably a nurse shark. I estimate i'ts length was over 7ft.  I'm not supposed to be scared of those things, but I do know a few things:  It was a shark much bigger than me, it was interested in me for at least a while (or it would not have been there), and it is hard to look intimidating with a stupid mask on your face and a snorkel in your mouth.

This is a picture I took while at Guana Cay.  Kinda shows your daily afternoon thunderstorm madness during the summer months.  These things come out of NOWHERE and go WHEREVER they want.  I recall not getting a drop of rain that day even though I was surrounded by these for a couple of hours.  So I have stopped trying to guess the forecast and just go with it.  What else can ya do?

Don't know what my plan is.  Maybe Marsh Harbor in a few days.