In response to Sandy’s inquiry about the Coconuts

Coconuts

So the coconut gathering and husking mission happened on New Years Eve. Dan Brad and Jeff went looking for coconuts on Hamburger Beach after we had been misinformed/missed the Bahamian boat race we went to watch. I stayed on the beach to take some photos and catch up on some sleep. The trail was full of sand burrs and noone had shoes so they improvised and made shoes out of leaves and palm fawns. They came back with maybe 15 coconuts an hour later. Husking them took another hour. We were able to find bolts sticking out under the dock you see in the pictures and use the bolt to shred the husk. As to what we did with the coconuts after we had so many, we drank them. It was new years and how can you be in the Bahamas on new years and not have a coconut, pineapple and rum drink out of a coconut. We chiseled the top off and cut a hole in them. Pouring the ingredients in was a snap and bam, you have your self a fantastic drink. Now we did encounter a problem with the storage of the ones we didn’t use that day, which were most of them. We stored them in close to direct sunlight which caused them to burst. Our bad. I hope that clears up the coconut harvesting pictures.