Day 6 began with a perfect pink sunrise (and ended with a perfect sunset too!) I cooked a yummy breakfast of leftover conch, mangoes, eggs, bacon and corn tortillas. Mike and I packed up to do some exploring of the beaches around Governor's Harbor that we havent seen yet - first stop was Twin Cove Beach. It wasnt the easiest road (but none of them really are). We had to park a little ways from the beach but it was so worth it! There were two people lounging on the island when we got there, but I suppose there was enough beach to share! So cool how the two beaches come together! We stayed here for about an hour, snorkeled around a little. The north cove was much calmer but there werent many living things to see, The south cove had a few reefs but the wind and waves were crashing so we decided to pack up and drive south and see what beach was next - the North side of French Leave Beach! Mike was determined to get some practice in with the pole spear - we swam way out and he started poking around for something sizeable to spear. I lost interest after awhile and was getting in his way so I went a ways away from him. I suppose I was on shark lookout, but the area was turbulent so I doubted a shark would hang out around here. After a few minutes, I looked up to see Mike about 50 yard in front of me, swimming pretty fast with something flapping around on the end of his spear, which he was hoisting out of the water. I took a look around underwater and then swam as fast as I could to the shore. I'm not sure why I even thought a predator would want to fight with him for his catch, but this was the first time he caught something so I wasnt taking any chances! He had speared a very pretty peacock flounder, one of the largest I'd seen, and was so excited to finally used his spear successfully! Because we were so close to home, we went back with the catch and did some research on how to clean it. It was around lunchtime too so this first catch would be lunch. So it turns out flounder this little have hundreds (maybe thousands) of tiny hairlike bones in the flesh and I really just couldnt stomach it. Mike, felt obligated, as he took the life of this creature, to eat every last bite. After "lunch" the four of us took off for Island Farm and some beach time at South Palmetto Beach. The water was calm and seemed great for a dip and a little snorkeling, but after 30 seconds in the water, I realized this would be a little more challenging - the water was full of broken beer bottles, which you didnt see unless you had a mask on. In addition, after being there for 10 minutes a backhoe pulled up and started dragging the beach! And I dont mean it was far away from us - I actually thought it bulldozed over all out stuff we left on the beach. Some locals had gathered to watch the bulldozing and we realized this was probably not the best time to try to relax on this beach! It turns out they had hosted the Palmetto Point Homecoming the week before so the beach was a mess. So I guess not every single beach on Eleuthera is perfect all the time. From there were went to French Leave again to do a little more snorkeling. Mike caught two more fish and we ran into the German couple again. After that, we went home, cleaned up and headed out to the Buccaneer Club in GH. We had a drink each and Mike and I split a dish of cracked conch, rice & peas and Bahamian mac & cheese, which came with about 1, 582 flies that completely surrounded us as we quickly ate. Back at home Mike cleaned the fish down by the shore and I walked around the bend to watch the sun sink into the sea, one of the most spectacular sunsets I've ever seen.
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