After sitting on the boat in Barefoot Cay Marina for 6 weeks, we go awol. Borrowing a friends car we head to the West End for the weekend. On our way we stop by the Lawson Cafe to pick-up some beer from Mark, one of the owners of the Roatan Island Brewing Company (RIBC). We had intel that he would be on site filling growlers (or recycled O.J. bottles) with his best craft beers. We lucked out and not only scored some beer but also an invitation to come for a brewery tour the following week. You do not know how excited Larry was for this tour…we had driven by the brewery twice and seeing it closed each time broke Larry’s beer-lovin’ heart. After a nice two-night stay at The Beach House in the West End, where we snorkeled, jogged, and enjoyed the local food and drink we headed back to Barefoot Cay. Not easy considering we had to go through four roadblocks. Evidently, the ex-police Chief was again, flexing some mainland muscle and tightening up on the ‘no-drive’ Sundays. But, Monday arrived and we hopped over the hill to the Palmetto Valley and the 60 acres owned by the Roatan Island Brewing Company. We proceeded to be fully entertained and informed by Mark Flanagan, who gave us a tour and lesson on how the beers are made, followed by a a fabulous flight of his beers…what a special day…thank you Mark! Little did we know that we would be leaving Roatan two days later. We are so happy that we were able to experience the RIBC and it’s tasty beer.