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Finally I reached a day where I had the double good luck of a working camera and a bright blue sky. I was tentative because I wondered how long it would last as I took photos of our various views from the bed room ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270422 ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270423 ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270424 and then Peter out of ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270425 and in focus ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270426 and some close photos of plantings as I wondered if I should take any more pictures or save my luck for the few photos I had to have before leaving the island ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270427 ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270428 but Seva blurred ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270429 and then became clear ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270430 as I recorded the house and a plant ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270431 and then had the camera go dark until dinner ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270432 where Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270433 and I ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270434 and Peter and Seva began our cocktail hour ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270435 which amused Seva ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270436 and led to this self portrait for me ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270437 before we went exploring and decided that the Dinghy Dock (which we saw on a realtor's listing the next day) ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270438 ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270439 ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270440 was not the right place and after some exploration we ended up at Mamacitas which seemed to be the only open restaurant in town ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270441 so we read the menu ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270442 and went to the bar to wait ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270443 for the signs to clear ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270444 and the drinks to appear even though they had used up the last bananas of the day on the party ahead of us ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270445 Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270446 Peter ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270447 Seva (out of pose) ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270448 and Seva (in pose) ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270449 and I were ready when our table was ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270450 and while we were happy to not share with the iguanas ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270451 I was happy to take this photo of our neighbors which, I am sure, came out better than the picture I took with their phone ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270452 and then the waiter came and explained that no other restaurant could get its act together to be open on Tuesday, hence the crowd at Mamacitas ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270453 and we toasted this observation ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270454 as we gathered drinks ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270455 and had salad ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270456 and jalapeno poppers ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270457 before the main courses arrived ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270458 ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270459 ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270460 ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270461 ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270462 and then a visit to the bathroom revealed this sign which I had assured others was for real the last time we went to Mamacitas though it is hardly a collection sign. ../../../Sabbat/2010/01.13-20.10Culebra//P1270463