Errands, party planning & a great time! We hosted what was, in our opinion, a very fun shin-dig in honor of Kath’s birthday. Her birthday is technically tomorrow, but we have a dolphin trip then…plus, it just meant that we had to stay up passed midnight & ring in her official birthday!! It was great fun…. Tomorrow, another dolphin trip! Until then, Kel &
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Back in business
Action packed boat trips Two boat trips again today – I am officially back in business! Our morning trip was a bit boring – poor footage of resting dolphins off in the distance. But our afternoon trip was fantasmagorical! We had a very long session with a good sized group out by Mitsuana. You may recall from a few days ago that I reported on a mixed group of subadult females with adult males.
Bye John!
Today began slow & relaxing. We were sad to see John off, but that time came around 15:00. We had a great time during his visit and are looking forward to seeing more of his project & his next visit! Then it was a dolphin trip for us. It was a fairly small group of passengers, which is always nice. We first saw a mom & calf. Calf had a very fresh, shallow, but nasty wound on its left side.
Landlubber ahoy
Still stuck on land Some nasty winds coming from the north/northwest have made the seas pretty rough around the island. The ferry was cancelled, and only a handful of brave souls went out for dolphin watching this morning. I stayed on land, which is just as well – in really rough seas the MVA becomes a serious hazard when trying to get on and off the boats.
A long, good day
was “Honeymoon Harbor” to see the stingrays. There was good and “bad” on this excursion…Good: We saw stingrays (and a friendly barracuda). Visibility was amazing. John got a few really nice shots. The Bad: We forgot to bring bait to feed the rays!! So, they weren’t really interested in us- since we clearly had nothing to offer them. Luckily, John is so laid back, he was happy just be there and get some beautiful shots. After Honeymoon Harbor, we headed to the Sapona- Darcie &
The doldrums
This is my second day in a row without a boat trip. That is my longest stretch so far this season. I managed about 6 hours of video logs, which brings me up to date again. With no time on the water, things can get a bit melancholy around here. Oddly enough, I learned the word melancholy in Japanese last week: sokohakatonaku. It expresses the idea that one is neither here not there. Ho hum. I would rather be there (on a boat) than here (behind my computer).
A golf cart tour ends with the unexpected
Not much about today went as expected, but it was still a great one. We just did some odds & ends this morning then borrowed a friend’s golf cart to show John the rest of the island. At the northern-most point, in the midst of a very large (and destructive) development, we got off the cart to wander for a minute while John filmed. An hour later, we were feeling thirsty & crispy and headed home…but that hour was great! What got our attention for so long?
Large barge
A lazy summer afternoon Today was thoroughly uneventful. The only thing I managed to do today was laundry. No boat trips and no IDs. The only bit of excitement was some construction going on down at the pier. They are installing an extra 20 meters of pier abutting the new section that they constructed last year. So now the ‘new pier’ area will be wonderfully sheltered from the waves. It will be great when it is finished.
Did you say Bedazzling?
We actually got up early today….and were fairly cheerful. We went down to the dock with John to film for bit and later in the day we sat at the edge of the beach for some interview questions. Then some Bimini Undersea family came over and the house became even more inundated with estrogen. With the inspiration of Bimini Undersea crew, we had a “bedazzling party.” For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the activity of bedazzling, it involves lots of needles, thread, shiny beads, sequences and staff shirts.
Boat-Boat
Boat trips a poppin This afternoon I had two boat trips in a row. And when I say in a row I really mean in a row! We went from 12:00 to 14:00, picked up a second batch of tourists and left immediately for another trip from 14:00 until 16:00. I have to say that 1 boat trip usually tires me out and I look forward to heading back home and taking a nice warm shower.
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