Day 2: ARRRGGGHHH!!! What's that blinding light??? Blimey! The Sun is up already! Well blow me down...we only went to bed a couple of hours ago! After hitting the island like a hurricane, today is all about ....RECOVERY!

Today is golf cart/explore the island day. Good thing, because we're all still pretty buzzed from our whirlwind trip around San Pedro last night. We crawl out of bed, pop a few aspirins, and head down to Lily's. I'm on a mission to have lobster for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Man, it's hot...and the humidity is 1000000% higher than Denver...I'm sweating precious Belikin. We plop down at Lily's and I go for it...lobster omelet and fry jacks......WOW!!! I FEEL MUCH BETTER NOW! Yummy!

Next we get our golf cart. Kathy just finished walking 60 miles the weekend before we left, and there's no way in hell ANY of us are in any condition to walk in this heat today after our shenanigans last night! Kathy is the designated driver, which lasts about 5 min. Now the Pirate's steering ...YEE HAW! Narrow streets, pedestrians, cars, bicycles...much more fun than driving in Denver rush hour, just bumpier! Kathy has a massage appt with Vicki Campbell at 11. Do I know how to get there??? No problem, mon! I'll find it! Folks, the SHE-DEVIL has had many massages, but none better than the one Vicki gave her...she came outta there a totally new person! She really needed this as she cramped up pretty bad on the plane trip down, plus she's not much of a drinker...so we prayed that Vicki would come through for us and she did...if you're in need, call her at: 026-2679 or 016-4088 (cell), you'll be glad you did!

While Kathy's getting a new outlook on life we travel south of San Pedro. We see Casa Gonzo, along with all sorts of new construction right beside hurricane damage (not the pirate hurricane!). Iguanas scurry across the road...way cool! We travel about as far south as we can go when I hear this mantra coming from Doug.....Bloody Mary! Bloody Mary! No problem...I head to Mata Rocks! Their beach bar is known as the Squirrel's Nest. Very Cool little place! In fact, the whole place looked to be sporting a new coat of paint and sits on a very nice stretch of beach right next to Banana Beach...well worth looking into. Doug gets his Bloody Mary spicy...HOO WEE! I go for it...Mata Colada please! On a hot day like this...boy, did that hit the spot! Jackieo looks at us like we're crazy, she's sipping on water... (she'll later get very hooked on the Mata Coladas, sucking them down in rapid succession!)

Back to pick up my rejuvenated wife, and on up to Sweet Basil for lunch. Excellent food! You guessed it ....Lobster!!! I had a salad that had lobster and shrimp (more like jumbo prawns!), Kathy has a lobster salad stuffed in a tomato...succulent! Oops! Where did the time go? Back into town we go...this time Kathy is getting an attitude adjustment from a chiropractor! (Now listen up ye scalleywags...treat yer wench right at the beginning of the trip...and she's butter in yer hands all week!)

Oh man, I almost forgot...we're supposed to meet a bunch of people from the board at Ramon's tonight! We head back to Seven Seas to freshen up, and then back to Ramon's sans Doug (he's napping!). "Anybody here lookin' for the Pirate?!" No one answers. Uh oh! We're late. We order a drink and hang around a bit...finally I write "PIRATE" on a bar napkin and stick it on the back of my neck. Pretty soon people start pointing and whispering to one another, finally building the nerve to approach. We meet Lupay, Little Wolf, Island Boy, JMK and her fiancé, and I'm sure I'm missing someone...Sorry! But the Pirate has had a few brain cells walk the plank! Very nice folks...all of them! (Especially jmk, who said I looked nowhere NEAR 40!) We all decide to meet up at Fido's after dinner for some drinks.

Off we go to fetch Doug from his beauty sleep and back to Fido's where we had decided to dine. We had the pleasure of being served by Rosie, who said "Welcome to Belize" every time someone ordered rice and beans as a side to their order. Well, we just loved the way she said it so we all ordered it! By the time she got to me she was cracking up! Dinner is good. Not as good as Papi's, but good. Pretty soon folks from the board start to gather, and we chat, drink and listen to reggae. We make it to bed about three hours earlier than the previous night....for tomorrow, we go fishing!