Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Off to a relaxing start...


We arrived at our "first" beach cottage rental Riley's Seabreeze Cottage. It was beautiful! Clean, brand new, 2 bedrooms, washer/dryer, just perfect...or so we thought! We were informed that the water pressure had been a little "low" that day (no problem!). We couldn't get unpacked quick enough to run to the beach.

After being awestruck by the beauty of the beach, we decided to get settled. The cottage was very well equipped and nicely decorated with new furniture and such. We made our way into Tarpum Bay for a "to go" dinner from Sammy's...very nice lady that runs the place. Kara and I had the chicken; Perri had the red snapper. When she opened the lid to her meal she had this funny look on her face, so of course Kara and I were intrigued...well, Perri got the WHOLE fish head and all. YIKES!!

We ate, chatted and then decided to put on our PJ's and watch a little TV to unwind. As I entered my room, much to my amazement (and SHOCK) there was a damn scorpion slithering across the bedroom floor. "Peeerrriiii.....help!!" And to my rescue she came, with conch shell in hand she chopped that scorpion in half! (not to scare anyone...it was a baby...lol) Although a little uneasy, I did managed to sleep pretty good that night.

Oh, before I forget...the water...well, that night it was a little trickle, so we hosed off in the yard after taking a dip. Since we are adventurous and checked our OCD in Nassau, we weren't too bothered by not being able to shower that evening...surely the morning would bring water pressure with the sunshine.

I was up early the next morning (okay it was 9 ish, but I was the first one up...HA!) I swept and waited for my girlz to wake; I didn't have to wait very long. We got our tea and made a b-line for the beach, where we took piccies, looked for shells and enjoyed our morning with one another. It was a little windy, but as the day progressed the wind died down.

We went back to the house for a bit, still no water pressure, in fact...NO WATER at all!! UGH! We decided to start the afternoon with a stroll on the beach. Heck, we are on vacation after all!

We were enjoying the sun, the water on our feet and conversation with each other. About 1/4 mile away from our cottage, we saw a dog in someone's yard. The dog was barking and running back and forth. We thought "okay doggie, we get the point...that's your yard...we're walking". Suddenly there were five dogs, barking, growling and coming after us! Kara and I are "dog people" , but we were petrified. The three of us linked arms, and walked into the water. The waves crashed and the dogs kept coming. The rocky ledge of the ocean was tearing at our feet; making us slip and stumble, but we kept moving forward. Finally, we entered waist deep waters, the dogs were held at bay, but still in hot pursuit.

We stared straight ahead, waded fast as we could and finally about 20 yards from our house, they turned and ran away. Still scared and shaken, we stayed in the water for a little bit, until they were almost back in their yard. We got our belongings and ran fast as hell to the house. Perri and Kara had to have a ciggie and all three of us were in need of a drink...an alcoholic one...like a beer! "Holy Shit" and "WTF" were about the only responses would could muster for a few minutes.

Perri got on the phone to the Department of Tourism, who suggested we go to the Tarpum Bay Police. We got in the car, drove 5 minutes up the road and found the PD. They looked at us, laughed (probably thinking...Crazy American Girlz!), but Officer Turnquest assured us he would check out the situation. He checked it out, came to our house and informed us that the dogs were "wild bitches" and if they weren't on someone's property he would have shot them! His advice...stay off the beach. HUH?? Ummmm....that's kinda the reason we came to Eleuthera...to stay ON the beach!!

Officer Turnquest









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