April
2007
Last Full Day in Barbados
We had hoped to wake up early Saturday morning and have a snorkle at dawn. But when we woke up it was pouring rain. We’ve had little to no rain all week, it seems it was all being saved up for last night and today. I have to pause as I write this to comment on the rooster that is crowing. He lives across the street from us, sometimes I see him walking down the street, or around the houses nearby. I’m also hearing mourning doves, a cricket-like creature, birds, a tennis ball being hit back and forth, and children laughing in the park next door. I’m looking at beautiful fragrant flowers, a mohagany tree, palms, and our beach towels hopefully drying in this overcast day. It’s such a change from home, where we’ve been indoors for 6 months. But I am getting homesick for my boys too. By around 9am we were able to get out for a snorkel. I was having trouble again with my mask, but it wasn’t as bad as yesterday. We saw a few of the more interesting fish that we’ve been seeing lately, like a trumpetfish and lizardfish, and then five new ones. Eventually we had to get out because it had started raining again and it’s not really enjoyable to snorkel when your back is being pelted by little drops of water. We spent the the rest of the day reading, writing in the boys’ journals, and doing nothing! We found another Caribbean buffet we’re planning to try out tonight and will get our last ride on the party bus.
A BIG thanks to our parents for giving us the chance to get away by ourselves. Barbados has been awesome! We miss the boys immensely and are excited to see them again, but it has been good to get away.
Keeping with the tradition of showing other people’s great pics of fish we saw: on the left is a Smooth Trunkfish and on the right is a juvenile Gray Angelfish (obviously a Steelers’ fan).
Here’s our most comprehensive list of fish including the ones we saw yesterday. A total of 47 species of fish (plus a turtle).
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