24 January
Monday
This morning whilst having our coffees on the balcony and listening to the ocean we heard a goat braying so loud, we had to investigate. We’ve heard other farm animal noises from the resort next door including baby chicks, a rooster, and a big ol goose. We also saw bunnies in their yard. When we popped our head over the fence we saw all of these animals and a lady that works at the resort who introduced us to all of them. While she was talking the goose grabbed onto the fence and used his whole body weight to try and pull it down. She went to pet him and he snapped at her so she just smiled at him endearingly and said “don’t be so mean, Rocky”. She also gave us some tips of what to do on the island before she went back to work.
We drove up to the French side and rented some stand up paddle boards to paddle to Pinel island. We also rented some snorkel gear and before getting to Pinel stopped Petit Clef, a mini island, to see some fishes. I saw a huge stingray burrowing into the sand and then a looong eel in the rocks next to me. Also lots of little fishes including needlefish, blue tangs, and lots of grunts.
Then we paddled over to Pinel and did some reading on the beach before taking a walk to the other side of the island to see the “secret” beach (which many other people had found).
On our way back we stopped back at our snorkel spot to see more fish- and another stingray- before hurrying back to the boat dock on mainland to return the boards in time. On the way back we saw two more stingrays – a Caribbean southern stingray AND an eagle ray (my favorite).
We headed over to Grand Case for dinner. First went to Rainbow beach club for drinks which were good but on the expensive side. Then walked along the beach for a bit until going to dinner. We decide on Beach 82, a prestigious French restaurant that Carl didn’t make it to before (but now can afford to go!). We got some frog legs, mahi mahi tartar, scallops with duck carpaccio and foie gras sauce, and lamb shank. Probably the fanciest meal we will have for a long while so we savored it and spent a long time at dinner, trying to be the quietest Americans there, which was an easy competition to win next to the Long Island mom club and the kardashian wanna bes from San Diego with their dog.
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