St. John Wed. 3/14/12

Happy Pi Day everyone! Dave is feeling much better today, but our goal was for him to have an easy day to let the medicine kick in - better living through chemistry! We started by cleaning out the books in the library - getting rid of doubles, kicking out the ones that were falling apart, and alphabetizing the remainder by author last name. It does look so much better. I went to the kitchen to bake the cookies and finish the ice cream while Dave straightened out in the workshop and organized the plumbing supplies. After lunch, Dave went in for a nap while Barb and I went turtle hunting. We jumped into Greater Lameshur from the dock and swam across the bay to the other side. I saw a giant hermit crab. He was close to the size of a hubcap! He was moving right along on the bottom for a ways and then settled into the sand. We tried to find the octopus that we had seen yesterday, but couldn't find the right spot. As we were swimming back to the dock, Barb spotted a very large turtle. She yelled to me, but I just saw his tail end as he swam away. We chased him for a bit, but he was in a real hurry and we couldn't catch up to him (must have had a hot date!). We saw Charlie, Pete and Laura as they came in from their dive. They saw a baby hawk's bill turtle and four lion fish - a very successful dive! Barb and I walked over to Little Lameshur to warm up as it was quite breezy dock-side. We were going to go for another snorkel, but I got quite lazy in the hot sun and decided to go back to camp for a shower and to give the ice cream another stir. If Dave is up to it, I would love to go down to the beach tonight to look at the stars and the planets. We should be able to see Venus, Jupiter and Mars in alignment. Because we are at the end of the road, so to speak, there should be very little light pollution.