Dive day!

I'm such a goof, I have been nervous about these dives as my ankle had been so bad for so long, but this turned out to not be an issues, but Butch will be happy to know I still leave a trail behind me!  Ha!  I got in the water, got all situated, got moving and ended up loosing a fin - how did I NOT notice?  I was kicking and thinking that my right ankle was just feeling it more because it was the injured one and was just "stiff" - come to find out the other foot was soo loose because there was NO fin on it!  Derp!!  Damian was a sweetheart and went back to get my other fin... and we were off!  The swim out was a challenge for me as I don't do surface swimming very well.  I haven't dove in ages and when we dive we do drift dives, not shore dives.  BUT I made it and settled into the dive.  We went a lot further out than I was thinking we would make it with my out of shape self and my semi-bum ankle.  We started out at about 60' went out about 1/2 tank then turned around and made our way back at about 30' or less.  

Getting ready - aren't these nice umbrella areas?  There are a number of these around the dive area - you can see the entry area behind us - it's a "pool" cut into the side of the beach where the water is about 6' deep throughout.  Very nice little area with high walls for jumping off of :)  (not that I did!)

 

Damian

 Me!

 Rather alien looking barrel sponge with it's odd anchors

 Can you see what is hiding in the hole??  I didn't see it while swimming by the first time.  Damian's friend spotted it and called us back to see it.  we disturbed him and he swam off, but not too far!

 

When he came back he swam to the reef again and settled just a little below where we would swim by again, so I took a few more shots of him as we swam past.  He was really checking me out to see what I was going to do.  I managed to not spook him again and he stayed put

I think this is the first time I have seen clown fish swimming in an anemone.  Very cool to see!     

 And look who spotted us!  Surprise!!

 Tandy and Linda were out snorkeling and met up with us on our way back in!

Coronet fish

My new friend.

A new hat for Linda 

 Nice mask ring, don't you think? ha!

Island Tour

Tropical climate. Looking out the window to palm trees blowing in the breeze. :)


Selfie in front of the house looking towards the harbor. Too bad I washed out the background.

First stop Gab Gab beach


















Second stop Spanish Steps.


Hey yes, that is a thick road the drops off the mountain with ladders to get down some spots. Yikes!


Moss covered rope!


Checking out the view.



Old Wives Beach. (trying to tell us something?)





This is like dollar weed, but on steroids with with palm sized leaves and pretty flowers.

Vetting Bay overlook






Fort Soledad:














After a drive at hehe Island, we are back and the family fixed dinner ;(



lag is kicking in! Zzzzzzz

Time...travel and adjusting internal clocks

The flight from Detroit to Japan wasn't quite as nice. Two large people sitting together is not good. My neighbors


The clouds were VERY thick there for a while.

I need to get the picture of the Canadian landscape. It was super foggy in the valleys. I couldn't tell if there was water or not, however I do suspect it from the maps.
**with Canada added now**











However this is on my phone:


And here is where we were when it was taken :)


Another shot during the flight:


Almost there!!


AND this is now the time to adjust the internal clock. I have done my best to stay awake the whole flight. I have napped a few times however tried to limit that. I think I should be OK as I had a 2am wake up and stayed awake most of what would be the day :)


So here's the adjustment. It's 1am at home but 4pm Guam. Time to stay awake for a long while on the layover and next leg of the trip!!

Movies watched: 4 (Scorched Trial, Jurassic World, Train Wreck and mystery movie that I may remember eventually(not so important?))
Hours slept: barely any :)