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We returned to the dock that night excited and tired; as we climbed
the stairs to our rooms we realized that the Sunday revival meeting
was setting up outside the entrance to our hotel. As we showered off,
we were serenaded by the local reverend and then had to listen to a
woman testify loudly for an hour in a hoarse scream. |
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We met up with Cathy, who flew in that afternoon, and through a cloud
of mosquitoes, we walked down the street to the Anchorage. It's a
private residence-turned restaurant/hotel once owned by the Lerner
family and visited by Hemmingway, who later bought a house down the
street. The island of North Bimini, on the southern end, is about 700
ft. wide, so we turned right and walked up a slight hill to the other
side of the island, where the building sits on the oceanside
overlooking the beach. Inside, the restaurant was decorated in the
style of early 50's rec room, with beige paneling and wooden fish
cutouts along the walls. We ate conch in various forms and sampled
the menu, wich consisted of about six different dishes. Because the
only dessert on the island available our whole stay seemed to be key
lime pie, we all tried some. Walking back to the hotel, we gathered
in the Microsoft room to review our first day's pictures and video. |
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| I was able to clean the camera and housing thoroughly in the shower,
then set it out to dry overnight on top of the case. Removing and
cleaning the O-ring was easy and took several minutes each night,
although the more tired I became the less I wanted to do it. 4 AA
batteries took about 2 hours' average to recharge in the hotel room,
and seemed to be good for an entire days' shooting with the strobe.
The camera charges the battery inside itself, so I set it up to
charge overnight and be fresh for the days' shooting in the morning. |
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| Our beds were warm, clean, and very comfortable after three long dives. Tim and I fell asleep to Law And Order piped in over the Ft. Lauderdale cable station and we both slept heavily. |
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