Jack's Bay

Once the three of us got a day off together we took a trip to Jack's Bay.  Jack's is a secluded beach that you gain access to by taking a trail from the top of Point Udall.  It is about a twenty minute hike to the beach but well worth it.  The beach is protected by an outer reef, so even if the wind is up and the sea is choppy, the bay remains fairly calm thanks to the reef breaking most of it up.  We have been to Jacks three times since this first trip and every time have been the only ones on the beach.  For this trip which was our first, we packed an ice chest with some food and beer and made a day out of it.  It was an awesome time.  There were no lobsters to be seen but a bunch of cool fish, and Philip and Drew each caught a conch.  To say caught is making a bigger deal out of it because you just dive down and pick them up off the sand.  The shells of the conch are neat and the conch itself is a cheap food but can be very good if cooked right.  Restaurants use them for chowder and fry them up for conch fritters.  This was our first time in the water with our new gear, and taking pictures of fish underwater is very difficult.  We saw some cool stuff this day but I was unable to get any good pictures of them.

A good stretch is key to a successful snorkeling trip.