March 22, 2014 Saturday

 Sal took pictures of us when we were out

 Barb, me and Ina on our way out on Sal's boat to Sombrero Reef

 Reunion pulling out

 Below Field Trip pulling out, heading north with Reunion

Said our goodbyes to Field Trip and Reunion crew, off they went heading north.  Marina was a little quiet.  Helped Ross and Barb do somethings and then Sal suggested we go out snorkeling at Sombrero Reef.  Ross gave in and went with us.  The wind was 0 and the water was flat in the channel going out but in the ocean the swells and waves made their tall boat rock and roll.   As we stopped over the reef, the boat began to rock like a nearby sailboat was doing, it almost looked like the sailboat was taking on water as it rocked from port to starboard so hard.  Sal and I jumped in, water was to cold for Ross, his legs cramped so he got out.  Later after Curt got in with me, he said Barb had gotten sick and the salsa and snacks slid off the table on the back of the boat.  Not realizing how sick Barb was, we continued to snorkeling, hadn't seen this big of staghorn coral and some different fish.  Water was a bit murky from the storm and wind a couple of days ago.  Back on the boat and heard the horror stories of how bad the boat had been rocking.  Not sure if it was because we were over a 20 ft deep cannon in the reef, did rock that bad when we moored farther away previously.  Decided to go back in, swells were still making the boat sway.  We all wondered how the other boats that left this morning were doing in the swells and rolling seas.  Finished helping Ross with his dinghy, gluing on the pieces that held the dinghy on the back of his boat, they came unglued in the heat of the day.  Had supper with them and went back to our boat tired and ready for bed.

 One of the houses going out of the channel to the ocean

 Barb, Ena and me sitting on the top floor of their boat

 Lisa from Germany and Sal from Canada, Ena's husband

 Ross from Howell Michigan, Barb's husband and Lisa

 Parot fish

 me checking to see of the flash is working, bad selfie

 in the green grass is what I think is called a Puffer fish

 Had seen a black stingray across the bottom before, yellow tail below I think that's what they're called

 A school of Sargent Majors around a mooring ball rope

 Part of the shipwreck collecting barnacles and plant growth

 Jelly fish close up

 See the shark?

 This guy and his two friends were always swimming around us, became quite a camera hog

 Mr. Shark again

 Can you see the king angelfish in the center