St. John Sat. 3/3/12

A busy day today! It was all hands on deck for housekeeping as the Sierra Club left this morning after breakfast and a group of college students from Virginia are coming in tonight. We sang "Happy Trails" as the Sierra Club left in Hamilton's taxi truck and then everyone got to work stripping beds, cleaning, sweeping, remaking beds and doing laundry. Today was our own moving day too. We moved over to the back of cottage 5 which is great because now we have our own toilet and outdoor shower. No more walking through the cafeteria at 3 in the morning to use the bathroom! The next closest alternative is a small bathroom behind cabin 2, but there is a family of Cuban tree frogs living in there and sometimes they sit in the bowl! We were going to snorkel after lunch with a group, but got a phone call from the car rental place and they said they were coming out to switch the truck for a jeep. It was Sunday when we last heard from them and they assured us they would be out at 9 AM Monday morning and here it is Saturday! Oh well, we couldn't have taken the gang over to the Round House if we hadn't had the truck. Hopefully, they will come out soon as we didn't get a chance to get in the water yesterday and I am ready for a good snorkel and swim! I finally gave up on the car guys at 2 and Dave offered to stay and wait for them while I went for a swim. I saw another spotted eagle ray and a regular ray with a remora stuck on his back getting a free ride. The remoras like to save energy by hitching a ride and when the ray eats, they pick off the pieces for an easy meal. I got back to camp and showered and threw in another load of sheets. By the time I got back to Dave, the car had been switched. We now have a Jeep Wrangler so will only be able to transport 3 very friendly people in the back seat. It is now 4:30 so we are sitting around at the picnic table enjoying the sunshine and breeze. We will eat first tonight as the students will come over on the 6 PM ferry and get here a little after 7.