10 Mar, Sat

Sat, 10 Mar spent some time this morning trying to decide what i'm going to do between now and when i have to head for the North Country. when do i want to go to Roatan? ... i still haven't heard from Marti; and i do want to spend a little time in Roatan. ... and i really don't want haul all my 'stuff' there for just a week. ...so i'm thinking if i want to go, i better make some plans and find someplace to stay. i want to go, but i kind of dread trying to find some new friends :( ...so i spent some time online looking for cheap places to stay and sent a few emails of inquiry. ...i also sent an email to Maya Vista in Tela to see how much a room there would be ... looks like a nice place ! stopped at work and talked with the girls for awhile; me, Ashley and Kelly then went to the Dive Shop office, and signed up for the Sunday Fun Dive tomorrow morning. 2 free Fun Dives are included with my Advanced Certification, so i might as well use them up now. .... then i went for a walk and headed to the West shoreline where i went with Ronnie a couple of times. it's still really windy, so i didn't take any snorkel equipment with me ... ...about half way there, i realized i didn't have my camera with me ... i should know better than to leave home without it :( i spent some time walking on a rather nice beach for this island. and walked out to all the volcanic rock that the waves were crashing into. that rock is very interesting ... there are peaks that are taller than i am, .... which is really tall :) ... in all kinds of strange irregular formations. ... wish i had my camera :( i started walking back and passed an older gentleman with a dog; ... we passed each other, then he stopped and said, "do you want to see a boa?" .... now what made him think that i would want to see a boa? ...i guess i just look like a 'nature girl'. ...he tried to explain to me where it was; but i wasn't sure; so i asked him if he would take me there. he said he would ... it was laying on the fence right on the entry arch to his house, right out by the road. WoW ... he was so pretty. ... and just laying, head down, on the fence, with the rest of his body horizontally on the supports. my new friend's name is Rene' ... pronounced the French way :) .... Rene' said the snake had probably recently eaten and had been there awhile digesting it's food. it was about 5-6ft long ... but had a small head, i thought. ... i touched it, snakes are so soft and dry. i've always liked snakes :) .... i was so sorry i didn't have my camera :( he asked me if i wanted to see his gardens ... now how did he know i liked gardening? ........ he and his wife have been living here 1/2 time and 1/2 time around Nice, France, for 10 years and said there were no plants here when they started building. it's a beautiful garden, with lots of flowering and fruit trees; ... he also showed me his little greenhouse with tomatoes growing in it. i spent quite a long time with him. he said his wife was out front, snorkeling in a little bay area that is kind of protected by a little volcanic rock island. ...he said if i wanted to come back and snorkel there, i could leave my bag at their place and he would tell his wife to expect me. nice man .... i'll take him up on it, some day when it's not so rough and windy. i stopped at the store and bought some groceries and a cup of Mango ice cream that they just got in :) ...then stopped in to visit with Valentine for about 1/2 hr .. i took a nap and got up and went to The Driftwood for Ribs ... i've been thinking about them for a week or so, and it's Saturday night ... so i went. Jungle Jim was there, and the Vet Loretta and her husband Rodger showed up a little later; so i had company to visit with. .... the Ribs were great, and they fell off the bone, just like i like them. Bruce, the owner, is from Texas; and he said he guessed he paid attention to at least one thing while he was growing up :) when i got home, i sat out in the 'corridor' using the internet coz it's faster out there. ...Shark Bait came around ..how did he find me? .... i keep a little food in my room ... so i gave him some ... probably not a good idea to feed him here ... but he found me out .... and i actually saw him here one of the first nights i was here, i just didn't realize it was him, cause he swiped at me .... he's a smart cat too ... these cats here have to always be on the defensive if they want to survive. i even met a sweet little 6yr old girl the other day that was laughing when her dog was chasing a cat ... i almost started yelling and chasing her around to see how she liked it ... but decided to just 'scold' her, ... then she said it was ok coz she didn't like cats !