2nd Snorkel Sail Aboard "The Pepper"
28/12/07 06:25 Filed in: Vacation
Fri 28 Dec - Today the weather
did a complete reversal. It started out cold and
windy but quickly turned sunny, warm and mostly
cloud free. This is finally how December is
supposed to be here. I hope the rain is gone and
this pattern continues for the next five days.
I went out again on The Pepper for another great sail and snorkel. Today we went to Mary's Point which is the northern-most part of St. John. I brought only an underwater camera this time, so I don't have any pictures to post right now. I saw another Southern Stingray today. This is a very good location for snorkeling, with lots of deep crevices, rocks and Elk Horn Coral (so named because they actually look like Elk Horns).
I also discovered what that giant "mystery fish" is. A few days ago, I saw a very large fish that looked something like a Barracuda, but it was much too big to be one of those. Well, today I saw 12 of them swimming together in a little school (each fish was 8 to 10 feet long). They were Tarpon. They're big, tubular, silvery and 10 feet long is pretty common. Now I know what I saw the other day!
(evening) - The sky is exceptionally clear tonight - a welcome change from the past 4 nights. The stars are clearer and brighter than I've seen in a long, long time, so I'm going down to the beach, away from the lights, to take a look...
(later) - Just got back from the beach. The stars look amazing tonight! (Useless information follows. On the way back, I got curious about all the stairs at this place... there are 273 stair steps from the beach to my room - I counted.)
I went out again on The Pepper for another great sail and snorkel. Today we went to Mary's Point which is the northern-most part of St. John. I brought only an underwater camera this time, so I don't have any pictures to post right now. I saw another Southern Stingray today. This is a very good location for snorkeling, with lots of deep crevices, rocks and Elk Horn Coral (so named because they actually look like Elk Horns).
I also discovered what that giant "mystery fish" is. A few days ago, I saw a very large fish that looked something like a Barracuda, but it was much too big to be one of those. Well, today I saw 12 of them swimming together in a little school (each fish was 8 to 10 feet long). They were Tarpon. They're big, tubular, silvery and 10 feet long is pretty common. Now I know what I saw the other day!
(evening) - The sky is exceptionally clear tonight - a welcome change from the past 4 nights. The stars are clearer and brighter than I've seen in a long, long time, so I'm going down to the beach, away from the lights, to take a look...
(later) - Just got back from the beach. The stars look amazing tonight! (Useless information follows. On the way back, I got curious about all the stairs at this place... there are 273 stair steps from the beach to my room - I counted.)