St. John Sun. 2/26/12

I just realised that my dates are off - hope I have got it right now. I also am having trouble uploading photos for the blog, but eventually I will figure out what is going on. Dave and I did not get put on the cooking schedule for this week, but that is okay with us. I spent the morning cleaning rooms and making beds as we have a group of Sierra Club members coming in this afternoon. Dave and some of the other guys worked on the snake plant project again - it is really a never ending job as there is so much of the stuff all over the camp.

After lunch, we took a group of people in the truck. We dropped Jerry and Jim at the Brown Bay trailhead and the rest of us, Barb, Glenn, Charlie, Dave and I went snorkeling on the south side of Haulover Bay. The snorkeling was great - lots of colorful soft corals, trumpet fish, puffer fish, parrots and sergeant majors. We swam out about 3/4 of a mile and then back - we should sleep well tonight. We walked over to the north side of the bay, where Dave and I have been before, but it was too rough to get in - the wind is causing some major wave action. We went back to Skinny Legs (a bar) to pick up Jim and Jerry and then went for an ice cream cone. We stopped at a store in Coral Bay and picked up some heavy cream. Randy had two vanilla beans and challenged us to make something with them. I found a recipe on-line for vanilla ice cream that doesn't need a machine. I will try it tomorrow.

We jumped in the shower when we came back and then chatted with some of the Sierra Club guests until dinner. We will go to bed soon. Tomorrow, the car people should be out with our jeep. We will believe it when we see them! This is a good group of volunteers - having a great time. Generally, the work day is from 8-12 (unless you are cooking dinner) so you do get quite a bit of time off. We are really enjoying the water and sunshine.