The Hunter Finally Hunts

Michael is happy and the fish are nervous (well sort of!) We're finally in an area where Michael can spearfish with his Hawaiian sling. This is a good thing as the small freezer is quite bare having been away from groceries for a few weeks. Unfortunately - the wind is blowing quite hard, so its not great snorkeling/hunting water. But on Monday, he did manage to put fish on the table for dinner. He got a white grunt and a blue-striped grunt. Both quite large for grunts - so we had plenty of fish for dinner. Both prepared the same and the blue stripe was much tastier.

Yesterday he tried again on some different reefs - and he could have gotten more grunts - but was trying for something different. Perhaps a snapper or grouper - but the fish won on Tuesday. We had tortilla pizzas for dinner.

The reefs here are quite extensive and seem very healthy - lots of fish varieties, lots of coral and all types of small anemones. There are a variety of different ones to explore at the various spots within this island chain. Many are in very shallow water - so it makes things very visible. The water changes from very clear to a bit murky - probably based on the tides and the winds.

The birds still amaze us here. When you get in the water, you have lots of them flying overhead. They make quite a racket at sunset as they start to settle into the trees for the night. They come by the boat and will almost stop midair and stare at you - eye to eye.

We did have some bad news. We lost the memory card on the camera and it lost all our recent (a months worth) of photos. Lesson: back up more often. Luckily, Michael had prepped some for the website so we have at least those. But we'll have to re-take the red-footed boobies and some other shots that we can - but we've lost a lot from the Roques. Bummer.

More snorkeling (aka hunting) today. Maybe we'll dinghy out to some other boats to say hello. And then we'll move on tomorrow - weather permitting. We have to get to Bonaire in a few days.

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