<!--quoteo(post=370460:date=Jun 10 2009, 06&#58;47 PM:name=coloradocruisers)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (coloradocruisers &#064; Jun 10 2009, 06&#58;47 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=370460">&lt;strong&gt;QUOTE BELOW&lt;/strong&gt;</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Here&#39;s some pictures that Sharon took during the sailing yacht &quot;cruise&quot; she and Austin took in the Bahamas:<br /><br />Here&#39;s their yacht at anchor (all 51&#39; of her)<br /><br /><img src="http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p323/kdiviness/C.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /><br /><br /><br />Here&#39;s the boys getting instruction from the Captain<br /><br /><img src="http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p323/kdiviness/FH000021.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /><br /><br /><br />Here&#39;s Austin at the helm<br /><br /><img src="http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p323/kdiviness/J1.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /><br /><br /><br />Here&#39;s Austin wishing he was home<br /><br /><img src="http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p323/kdiviness/9a.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /><br /><br /><br />Here&#39;s a reef where they snorkeled<br /><br /><img src="http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p323/kdiviness/FH000014.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /><br /><br /><br />And here&#39;s one of the beaches they visited<br /><br /><img src="http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p323/kdiviness/S.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /><br /><br /><br />All in all, they said they had a great time sailing to various islands around Abaco.  They didn&#39;t catch any fish to cook, but they did catch live conch, which the captain used to make conch fritters.  We&#39;ve got three new large conch shells that they brought home.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br /><br />Boy, do I ever love conch&#33;&#33;  Years ago, I was involved with the Northern CA Caribbean Tourism Organization group and we went on a complimentary trip to the Windemere Island Club in Eleuthera in<br />the Bahamas.  After a day of snorkeling, our haul was a huge conch which the chef made into a fabulous conch salad.  I had gotten rather attached to it, though, watching it in the water for a few<br />hours and felt kind of bad ( momentarily ) that we consumed it so quickly.