16 Feb, Wed

Wed, 16 Feb. it was not raining this morning. ...yeahhhhhhhhh! so Abi, Chris, and Nicole left at 7am to meet the boat to go Lionfish hunting. an hour later they were back :). visibility was so bad that they couldn't see anything and had to return. we worked through the morning and i found out i could meet with Michele from the 'municipality' to talk about the Recycling Program. at 2:30 i headed down there. it's good news! Abi and i will be going around to all the busineses in Utila and asking them if they would be willing to separate and recycle their #1 and #2 plastics, tin, aluminum, and cardboard! Michele has made arrangements so they can get paid for them! and, it starts immediately! we will also ask them if they would be willing to charge a small fee to their customers for the plastic bags, thus encouraging people to not take a bag. And, we will ask them if they would be willing to buy our cloth reusable bags that they would sell to customers. i am really excited about this. it's a start and i hope we can convince the businesses that it's worth their time and effort. it has to start somewhere! after i got back, Tim, Chris, Nicole, Abi and i took a walk to the beach. it was too late to swim or snorkel ... we just needed to get OUT! while in town i saw one of the restaurants was advertising coconut shrimps. everyone else was eating in, so i went down there for dinner by myself. it was not like the Coconut Shrimps on the Idler in South Haven! ...but they were good.