Wednesday, July 29, 2009

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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