Thursday, June 18. 2009
Treasure hunting on Ginger Island we go!
A day late and probably a dollar short again. I swear that they make these days shorter the older you get! Yesterday morning after a snorkel at Mountain Point we made our way down to Fallen Jerusaleum for a snorkel on the Vagabond. Of course the squall came through while we were sailing...
Our snorkelers, or should I call them "noodlers" and Simeon went to climb around the boat...
I had my camera underneath and Simeon did a free dive down so I could take a picture...
I was trying for a split shot here, none too successful...
A beautiful large Angelfish was hiding underneath the wreck...
This is a very pretty ship to photograph, lots of wide open sweeping spaces and clear water...
It is really getting a lot of fish life on it now, all these blocks make wonderful homes for the fish!
You can see the part under water here in the distance. I think it turned out to be a great wreck dive!
We continued on our way down to the back of Ginger Island then, Sherry asking questions left and right so she stayed the center of "attention"
Bazza took everyone to go beachcombing ashore, and Sherry was still the center of attention when she fell right out of the dinghy!
Bazza did a good job of Johny on the Spot with the camera anyways..
I told them we would have a contest for the most unusual piece of whatever found on the beach. I had visions of them picking up an item, holding it, Bazza taking a picture and the junk staying on the beach, but that is not quite what happened. They returned from the beach with tons of junk in tow... And some was quite unusual! We have an entire crab here (and it smelled as well!)
A welders Hat...
A hard hat...
Sharon with all kinds of treasures...
More treasures, or junk...There was something chinese with the statue of liberty on it, and many baby rattles and toys!
Anyways the prize for most unusual find went to Edie, for the welders hat, and she received a Promenade hat!
Some, well, some walked for a couple hours on the beach and felt the need for a nap!
The best find though was a message in a bottle by Sherry! This was thrown in in 2004 somewhere in the Atlantic by Barbdos...When we get a chance we will translate the message on here and email the people who threw it over board as they did leave their email address!
Our snorkelers, or should I call them "noodlers" and Simeon went to climb around the boat...
I had my camera underneath and Simeon did a free dive down so I could take a picture...
I was trying for a split shot here, none too successful...
A beautiful large Angelfish was hiding underneath the wreck...
This is a very pretty ship to photograph, lots of wide open sweeping spaces and clear water...
It is really getting a lot of fish life on it now, all these blocks make wonderful homes for the fish!
You can see the part under water here in the distance. I think it turned out to be a great wreck dive!
We continued on our way down to the back of Ginger Island then, Sherry asking questions left and right so she stayed the center of "attention"
Bazza took everyone to go beachcombing ashore, and Sherry was still the center of attention when she fell right out of the dinghy!
Bazza did a good job of Johny on the Spot with the camera anyways..
I told them we would have a contest for the most unusual piece of whatever found on the beach. I had visions of them picking up an item, holding it, Bazza taking a picture and the junk staying on the beach, but that is not quite what happened. They returned from the beach with tons of junk in tow... And some was quite unusual! We have an entire crab here (and it smelled as well!)
A welders Hat...
A hard hat...
Sharon with all kinds of treasures...
More treasures, or junk...There was something chinese with the statue of liberty on it, and many baby rattles and toys!
Anyways the prize for most unusual find went to Edie, for the welders hat, and she received a Promenade hat!
Some, well, some walked for a couple hours on the beach and felt the need for a nap!
The best find though was a message in a bottle by Sherry! This was thrown in in 2004 somewhere in the Atlantic by Barbdos...When we get a chance we will translate the message on here and email the people who threw it over board as they did leave their email address!
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