Playing our cards right!

Also with Rhynie, we went to the conch shack and had a lot of great fresh, raw conch. Jenn may have even tried a conch penis, we think the man shelling the conch might have been high on them, he was eating penis after penis after penis. Ya seriously, it was pretty gross. The men were shelling the conch raw in preparation to cook them or soak them in citrus juice, and one of the procedures was to remove the penis.

Later that same day we went to Rhynie’s friend’s house, Jesse. His dad was a big bank figure on the island, may have been the owner of Scotiabank. This kid Corey lived in this old, deserted resort. The apartment itself, or whatever it was, was amazing. Incredible. He had at least 2 bedrooms in a totally modern apartment and he lived by himself. The patron and champagne was passed around as we giggled and got to know each other on his balcony with an amazing view. There were infinity pools all over the place, living room set-ups along the coastline, jacuzzis, beachchairs, you name it. Jenn and I decided we needed to go down and see it for ourselves, in person. There was no one there but it was a playground fit for a king, it was just me and Jenn galloping around alone. We felt like princesses, while our new friends overlooked us from a corner balcony. I’m not sure I had felt so priviledged in my life.

And oh, it gets better. The next morning Jenn and I went snorkeling and from there to Rhynie’s, we were taking a boat ride with him, his friend Mike and two of his girlfriends whom he had flown in for the weekend from NYC (yep seriously). We island-hopped while blasting music for everyone around us to hear, and had lunch prepared and ready for us upon arrival on another Turks island. Jenn and I both tried really hard to resist pleads from Rhynie and both girls to come with them to Vegas the next morning. Tickets were already reserved for us just in case.
I couldn’t do it; after all, I was here in the first place for work!

The next morning, Jenn and I went to breakfast. We laughed over and over as we re-capped the events of the weekend, it really was hard to believe what all just happened.

What a survey trip this was!