St. John Thurs. 3/1/12

Another beautiful day! Melissa and Rich left this morning after breakfast. I cleaned the front portion of their room and we opened the door between as a family is coming in this afternoon to stay. I then baked some cookies for lunch and made up another batch of dough (chocolate chip with raisins this time for variety). I will bake them tomorrow. There was still an while before lunch so went back to the garden project. We had lots of help today as the Sierra Club worked in camp for the morning. We got a lot done with so many people helping. Unfortunately, one of the young ladies got stung by a wasp or yellow jacket four times - once on the arm and 3 times on the leg. I gave her my after bite and made up a paste of baking soda and vinegar. She said it did help. We are still digging rocks out of the garden area. Generally there is a tarantula or a whip scorpion hiding under the larger ones. They don't really bother me as they scamper away when their homes have been disturbed, but now I will have to watch out for stinging insects. After lunch, we had a delivery of groceries so everyone helped to put them away. Dave, Glenn (Michigan), Jerry (Ohio), Roy (Martha's Vineyard), Charlie (New York) and I hiked down Yawzi Point and went snorkeling. I have been on the lookout for a turtle - it has been eluding me, but Jerry saw one! I did, however, see a 3-foot spotted eagle ray - quite beautiful and graceful! I also saw a very large blue parrot fish - spectacular! There were, of course, many other smaller fish and lots of colorful soft corals. We had a great time and have just come out of the shower. I like to do my email and blogging in the late afternoons before dinner. We will have a late one tonight as the Sierra Club went out on a boat to go snorkeling and won't be back to camp until 6. Saturday, after the Sierra Club leaves, Dave and I will move to the back of cottage 5. This will be great because we will have our own bathroom - yeah! I didn't take any new photos today, but maybe tomorrow I will have some to upload. I would like to catch one of a mongoose, but they are really fast and usually show up when I don't have my camera in hand. Happy March 1 everyone.