Getting settled

Just wanted to get a few photos up and will work on a short video of our living quarters later this weekend.

We see these signs everywhere since iguanas are protected here -- these guys always seem to be sitting under a road sign, just waiting to cross the street. I saw one iguana yesterday that must have been three feet long. There are also signs posted saying "do not feed the iguanas." (Believe me, I'm not getting too up close and personal with them, that is for sure.) And, Craig, I have not seen any banana rats yet -- can't wait!

We have been so blessed with people welcoming us -- V's former roommate gave us a whole bag of goodies, including Kona coffee, macadamia nuts, steaks, and other delectables. Linda, who is a coworker of V, brought over a bottle of limoncello (no, not homemade, but it looks very tasty), and some neighbors invited us for pizza a couple of nights ago.

Bill Mitchell (aka Boomer) took Linda and me to a couple of beaches yesterday while V was working, and I had a great time, since I am such a "rock nerd." Most of the beaches here are rocky as opposed to sandy, BUT, they are beautiful with shells, coral, and sea glass. Unfortunately, there is almost an amount of debris that has washed up on the shore -- cans, shoes, plastic, although I was told that it probably came from Jamaica or another island.

It was HOT yesterday -- about 95 by my reckoning, and we spent at least an hour going up and down the shoreline, looking for treasures.


Sea glass, if you are not familiar with it, starts with broken glass pieces from bottles or jars, and after much time in the ocean being swirled and tossed, becomes smooth, beautiful little pieces of glass. Green is the most common color to be found, with blue being the most rare.

Here is my little collection of sea glass, coral, rocks so far. The brownish thing on the left is a sea sponge, and the other two objects are some kind of coral. I was very excited to find the sea glass, since I had been in a book study last fall where one of the recurring themes was comparing the sea glass process to the challenges in our lifetime smoothing out our rough edges.


And here is a view from the windward side of the bay over to the leeward side which is where V works. One unfortunate thing is that there are certain areas on the base in which photography is prohibited.

V. and I drove to one of the highest hills on the windward side yesterday, and the panorama of the bay is just beautiful. But, you can't take a photo of it! So, we will remain law-abiding citizens and only take photos where it is allowed.