Wednesday, July 23. 2008
A lazy day......kind of!
Only 5 made it for breakfast this morning, all those early nights and afternoon naps are exhausting don't you know!
Anyhow, we set off for Norman Island, the kids and the big kids slept quite well on the way over, the seas were flat today, but we managed to sail once past Soapers hole, it is summer - yeah!!!!!
We went straight to Angel fish reef, look how flat it is
The dive was great, no pictures I am afraid, Richy was other wise engaged, there was a bit of a current, but we managed to duck in and out of it, so no picture of my shark! A 5 foot reef shark!
Emily went kayaking
The seagulls used the power lounger
The guys went snorkeling after a nap after lunch, then we went for an afternoon dive on Angel fish reef, these guys love this reef!! another amazing dive on there, 3 rays, eels, conch, no sharks this time!
Then we all went and did some wake boarding and skiing
Heres David, wake boarding, Rich did too, I had a water ski and B got up on a mono ski!
The sunset was fabulous
This evening was a transitional night dive, it was Davids first, it looked fabulous from Richies pictures
Dinner was my favorite, steak! they are watching a movie as I type and I am off to bed!
Anyhow, we set off for Norman Island, the kids and the big kids slept quite well on the way over, the seas were flat today, but we managed to sail once past Soapers hole, it is summer - yeah!!!!!
We went straight to Angel fish reef, look how flat it is
The dive was great, no pictures I am afraid, Richy was other wise engaged, there was a bit of a current, but we managed to duck in and out of it, so no picture of my shark! A 5 foot reef shark!
Emily went kayaking
The seagulls used the power lounger
The guys went snorkeling after a nap after lunch, then we went for an afternoon dive on Angel fish reef, these guys love this reef!! another amazing dive on there, 3 rays, eels, conch, no sharks this time!
Then we all went and did some wake boarding and skiing
Heres David, wake boarding, Rich did too, I had a water ski and B got up on a mono ski!
The sunset was fabulous
This evening was a transitional night dive, it was Davids first, it looked fabulous from Richies pictures
Dinner was my favorite, steak! they are watching a movie as I type and I am off to bed!
Tuesday, July 22. 2008
Diving on the Chikuzen!
It was a fabulous meal last night, the lobster was a ridiculous size as always, I had lamb, which was a real treat, here we are
Mr B looks like he is asleep!
The weather was great again today, the seas virtually flat, we had a relaxing sail away from Anegada, there was a cats cradle frenzy, I am no good apparently, it makes no sense!
On out sail we were passing the Chikuzen wreck, so it would have been rude to not stop and have a quick dive! I was so excited and I was not disappointed! Of course now Rich has his posh new camera, you never have the right lense for anything, so he didn't get pictures of the sharks, eagle ray, cobia, barracuda or horse eye jacks, but he did get some good ones
This could be the cobia, not very clear though!
It has been a while since we did that dive! Our plan was to head to Muskmelon, to our horror as we came around the corner, this is what we saw
10 kids club boats anchored, I hope none of them are on the reef! So we by passed that and headed on to Jost, we had a banana boat along the way to Sandy Cay, there is a guy on Sandy cay who is paid to keep the little trails clear around the island, what a job!
Then on to Great harbor, where I saw the funniest thing a man on a hydro scooter, you stand on it, push the handle bars up and down and the thing moves along the water, i would be embarrased to be seen on one!
Mr B looks like he is asleep!
The weather was great again today, the seas virtually flat, we had a relaxing sail away from Anegada, there was a cats cradle frenzy, I am no good apparently, it makes no sense!
On out sail we were passing the Chikuzen wreck, so it would have been rude to not stop and have a quick dive! I was so excited and I was not disappointed! Of course now Rich has his posh new camera, you never have the right lense for anything, so he didn't get pictures of the sharks, eagle ray, cobia, barracuda or horse eye jacks, but he did get some good ones
This could be the cobia, not very clear though!
It has been a while since we did that dive! Our plan was to head to Muskmelon, to our horror as we came around the corner, this is what we saw
10 kids club boats anchored, I hope none of them are on the reef! So we by passed that and headed on to Jost, we had a banana boat along the way to Sandy Cay, there is a guy on Sandy cay who is paid to keep the little trails clear around the island, what a job!
Then on to Great harbor, where I saw the funniest thing a man on a hydro scooter, you stand on it, push the handle bars up and down and the thing moves along the water, i would be embarrased to be seen on one!
Monday, July 21. 2008
Off to Anegada!
Sunday, July 20. 2008
Finally starting to look like summer here!
The weather was great this morning, more how it is supposed to look in summer. In fact it was so flat we headed around Ginger Island and had a cheeky dive on Ginger steps, one of my favorites. The viz was outrageous, not a bit of current, it was fabulous!
Here we are down in the depths! Saw a little turtle while we were down there, cute picture Richie
This enormous barracuda swam underneath Janet and she had no idea, probably a good idea
My favorite
After that we headed to the Baths, the guys had a great time exploring there.
We fished our way to the next dive site and we were successful
A big old horse eye jack - good job!
We then dived the Chimney, great as ever, no pictures I am afraid! and a great sunset tonight
Here we are down in the depths! Saw a little turtle while we were down there, cute picture Richie
This enormous barracuda swam underneath Janet and she had no idea, probably a good idea
My favorite
After that we headed to the Baths, the guys had a great time exploring there.
We fished our way to the next dive site and we were successful
A big old horse eye jack - good job!
We then dived the Chimney, great as ever, no pictures I am afraid! and a great sunset tonight
Saturday, July 19. 2008
Adventures on Salt Island!
Every one was up bright and early this morning, we had breakfast at 8! They were all cunning in our planning and we came up with a good one today! It all began with a trip over to the Rhone, which was our first dive of the day, no pictures though I am afraid, but there was some pretty big lobsters having hole wars by the sounds of it!
We then headed around to the bay on Salt Island, the 2 boys went mountaineering, first they had to cross the water to get to land, they apparently didn't want to get any wetter than they had too
They then scaled the cliffs
Then disappeared for an hour or so, they came back with some great glass and pottery and tales of wild goats and cats! The rest of the group headed to the beach in search of sea glass and were very successful too!
It was then a fabulous snorkel after lunch on man head point, they all loved it there. The weather was great today, it seemed a bit more like summer is supposed too, quite flat, enough wind to sail and flat seas, I liked it!
We decided for the next dive to head on to wreck alley and were not disappointed. We visited the Beata first and that was quite murky, but good
Rich got some great pictures of this one and the other 2 wrecks too, on the way over we saw a pretty little sting ray
We also saw a tiny Nurse shark, hiding on the bottom and some big barracuda, it was a great dive.
We acquired new crew and went for a sail
They did a good job too! The rest had cocktails and nibbles!
We then headed around to the bay on Salt Island, the 2 boys went mountaineering, first they had to cross the water to get to land, they apparently didn't want to get any wetter than they had too
They then scaled the cliffs
Then disappeared for an hour or so, they came back with some great glass and pottery and tales of wild goats and cats! The rest of the group headed to the beach in search of sea glass and were very successful too!
It was then a fabulous snorkel after lunch on man head point, they all loved it there. The weather was great today, it seemed a bit more like summer is supposed too, quite flat, enough wind to sail and flat seas, I liked it!
We decided for the next dive to head on to wreck alley and were not disappointed. We visited the Beata first and that was quite murky, but good
Rich got some great pictures of this one and the other 2 wrecks too, on the way over we saw a pretty little sting ray
We also saw a tiny Nurse shark, hiding on the bottom and some big barracuda, it was a great dive.
We acquired new crew and went for a sail
They did a good job too! The rest had cocktails and nibbles!
Friday, July 18. 2008
We are off again!
It was early to bed for us and guests alike last night, we were all ready I think! So refreshed this morning, it was off to the spa for the guests and finishing everything off for us!
We are back out for our second week with 1 family from last week and the new family has arrived today to join them, here they are arriving by land
and by sea
We headed out and had a great sail over to Little Harbor, ate lunch and then it was off to explore the Chubb house, when these guys were here last year they saw snakes up there at the house, not many people ever have, I certainly haven't but lo and behold they saw them again this time!
It was then in for our first dive, which was beautiful, saw quite a few tarpon circling and all the usual characters.
A cocktail while watching the sunset, the boys fishing off the back of the boat, happily took us in to dinner, here they are fishing
and first night dinner
We are back out for our second week with 1 family from last week and the new family has arrived today to join them, here they are arriving by land
and by sea
We headed out and had a great sail over to Little Harbor, ate lunch and then it was off to explore the Chubb house, when these guys were here last year they saw snakes up there at the house, not many people ever have, I certainly haven't but lo and behold they saw them again this time!
It was then in for our first dive, which was beautiful, saw quite a few tarpon circling and all the usual characters.
A cocktail while watching the sunset, the boys fishing off the back of the boat, happily took us in to dinner, here they are fishing
and first night dinner
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