Recipe for a great day—April 6th
1 measure Leisurely breakfast
1 heaping spoon Dinghy trip around Green Island
1 jigger Snorkeling near the reef
1 plate Lazy lunch
1 scant spoon Attempted Walk on shore—no paths that lead to
the next beach
1 cup of swim and shower
1 alcoholic beverage of choice
2 heaping helpings Dinner
What more could you hope for from a day. The area around Green Island has the
beautiful variety of colors of water, typical of the areas around reef. Our dinghy trip revealed a large mooring
field with plenty of boats. Beyond the
mooring field lay a large expanse of reef, reminiscent of the Tobago Cays. Some
of the isolated coral heads were quite attractive but large portions were
broken or covered with sand and quite bleached.
Overall, we thought that the snorkeling near our boat was superior.
We ate our lunch with visitations from a bananaquit that had
obviously been fed before. Between the bird fly-bys, we kept an eye out for
turtles that would surface for air from time to time.
A haze of inactivity fell over me after lunch. Mike, on the other hand, opened the mail
parcels that Bridget had brought and started pulling together the documents for
the taxes. This revealed a cloud on the
horizon, no W-2s from Framingham State University (or more accurately from the
state of Mass.)! Many frantic phone
calls finally located a person in the office who told us where to go on line to
find these. She gave us the account
names and reset the passwords so that we could get in and find our salary
information.
A lazy swim followed by shower, ‘sundowner’ cocktails and
then dinner rounded out a pretty terrific day.
Note added Monday 9th ... Unfortunately the web site access to our W2 forms didn't work as hoped, perhaps due to poor WiFi or blockers on our laptops. However, as of Monday morning the problem is solved! Many thanks to Kerry at FSU for sending us copies of the information.
Moored at the very lovely Ricketts harbor, Green Island, Antigua
A friendly little Bananaquit
Bananaquit leaving it's perch on our lifeline
Gloria about to drop in for some snorkeling in Nonsuch Bay, Antigua
Bridget and gloria snorkeling - fantastic clear water but the coral was in poor condition
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