Our beach of the day will be Honeymoon beach which we have to hike just about a mile to get to so we get out things together and head out. The trail starts in town next to the National Park visitor center and has a slight incline to start. There are 2 trails that spurt off here, one elevates a bit and allows for an overlook of the main town and bay and a more straight forward one that has no real elevation. It has started to sprinkle a bit so we decide to stay on the lower trail because it might be too overcast for a good picture. A few steps in and the rain comes a little steadier, then steadier still until it is in a full downpour on us. There's no real way to know what the weather on the beach is so we continue on hoping that it's better that way. Aside from the rain the trail is a pretty straight forward route and not difficult at all.
Drenched and even a little mosquito bitten, we make it to Honeymoon beach and while it is slightly sprinkling at this point, we decide to stay and tough it out. There are a couple of trees to hide under until the rain really stops and hang our things a bit to dry. Of course it's a little early and the rain has kept people away thus far. The beach is deserted and there are only two boats in the bay and they look like residences as no one seems to be on them. The chickens however are a bit curious and it seems like for most of the day we have two of them following us around.
Dave and I head into the water which considering the rain is warm. When the rain has stopped and the clouds have passed, we head out to snorkel. It's fairly clear considering the rain and the point to the left of the beach offers a pretty decent snorkel mostly with the usual suspects. As the day progresses so does the beach traffic. Some enter via the trail as we did but many more come via sailboats. At one time there were up to five sailboats with guests ranging from six to about twenty-four. Mostly the boat people are just there to snorkel and not many make it to the beach. A couple more swims for us and then we deem it time to head back.
The walk back is much like the walk out...with rain, luckily the rain is more of a steady drizzle now and not the downpours we got on the way out. It's pretty strange to watch how the weather changes by the minute, almost like being back in New England, but slightly better.
We head back to the villa so we can get ready for our night. I have hired a private chef, Ted Robinson to create a special meal for tonight and we were not disappointed. I think the last time I heard Dave say "Excellent" so many times in one night was about 30 years ago. The food was phenomenal. Ted fed us so much and we have enough leftover so that we can relive the great night we had.
It started with pan fried tuna dumplings followed by pan seared scallops with smashed potatoes and he made a skillet foccacia topped with tomatoes and basil. Next was a warm spinach salad with applewood bacon and finally the entree was filet of beef with roasted rock lobster tail.....yum. As if we hadn't eaten enough yet, we finished the night with molten chocolate cakes with fresh berries.
We dined out on the patio with a nice view, good sunset and a perfect night to celebrate. We thank Ted for helping us make this a very special night.
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