Monday, March 19, 2012

St. John Mon. 3/19/12





Another rainy night and cloudy day, but we here on St. John don't let the weather stop us! The Iowa State crew left this morning so Dave and I cleaned the rooms and did lots of sheets and towels for our work this morning. Today is Charlie's last day - he is flying home tomorrow. We had a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the beach path today to celebrate all of the work that Charlie, Dave, and Glenn put into the new trail (but especially Charlie). Roy and Jim sang a duet about working on the chain gang accompanied by the beer bottle band. Charlie cut the ribbon to open the path and we all sang "Happy Trails to You". A good time was had by all (see photos). After lunch, Dave opted for a nap. He has something going on with his eyelid. We suspect that he was bitten by some little "no-see-um" on the lid. He has been taking an antihistamine which helps somewhat, but he thought he would rest it this afternoon. Charlie, Barb, and I went for a snorkel at Greater Lameshur. There is always something new to see, especially when Charlie goes with us. He is very knowledgeable about all the unusual fish. We saw three eels today - well, truthfully, Charlie saw the baby moray, but it was under a ledge by the time Barb and I got there. We did see a large green moray and a large reticulate moray - very exciting! We also saw an Indigo Hamlet - a beautiful two-toned blue fish and a first for me. I saw a three foot barracuda just hanging out about eight feet away and all of a sudden he took off like a bat out of hell- from 0 t0 60 in seconds - he must have seen lunch. Barb and I had to turn around before the end as we got chilled - lack of sun, but it was a great snorkel even so. We warmed up on the beach for a few minutes and then headed back to camp for a hot shower. Tomorrow will be our day off as we leave here on Wednesday. We are thinking of hiking the Lameshur Bay Trail. We haven't done much hiking in our time here - have spent most of our time in the water.

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