18 Mar--First Roatan Snorkel

Sun, 18 Mar ..... Roatan .... i woke up to the sound of rain ... ahhhhhhhhhh yes ... a welcome sound, since i didn't have anything planned ... and rolled over and went back to sleep ... it was wonderful .... it stopped around 8:30 and i got up around 9am ... i slept good in my new home. it was a beautiful sunny day. Axel was in his hammock reading and we talked a while, ... yes, nice guy. i decided to treat myself to breakfast at Earth Mama's ... which was also here last year. they have nice food and also do yoga and zumba, and other 'girl' things. their sunday special is Eggs Benedict with a Mimosa for US$8 ... i didn't need the Mimosa, but it was a good price for the special ... so i forced myself. they also had WiFi and i spent quite a bit of time there ... i needed to buy some water, which turned out to be difficult since it was Sunday and most of the little markets are closed. ...then back home ... gathered up my snorkel stuff and headed for Half Moon Bay in the center of West End. ... about half way there, ... i realized i left Earth Mama's without paying !!!!!!!!!!!!! ...and i didn't have much money w/me in case it got stolen again. i stopped at Earth Mama's and my waitress quickly ran over to me with big eyes! ...i apologized and told her i would have to return w/the money after i snorkeled. she said to be sure to give it to her and not to tell her boss, coz she would get in trouble ... i felt really bad ... but she thanked me for coming back. so in the water i went ... maybe i'm mistaken, but it seems like there is more algae growing on the coral than last year ... maybe not .... i snorkeled around for a little while ... but all the time thinking about getting my money and paying my debt ! as soon as i got in the shallows i spotted this Barracuda ... it was the prettiest Barracuda, i've ever seen ... usually they are just a silver color and swimming freely in the water. ... he obviously had changed his color to match the grasses he was hiding in. i didn't see too much since i was only out there about 40min ... i did see this big Ocean TriggerFish .... these are pretty big fish ... probably 18" ... that was pretty exciting ... i remember i saw one here last year too ... maybe the same guy ... there were 3 lobsters hiding under here, just like at Rock Harbor the other day ... perhaps because this is their mating season that they are congregating ?..... this is a little Yellow Tail Snapper and a Squirrel Fish and a nice anemone a SpotFin ButterFly Fish and a Four Eye ButterFly Fish and the ever-present ParrotFish i quickly came home, rinsed off, and threw my camera in fresh water; and went back to Earth Mama's, and paid my debt ... how embarrasing :( came home and cleaned up, laid in the hammock working on my blog, until time to head for the Sundowner. Ron and Patricia were there, again, not much of a sunset ... boy, i remember last year ... there was just one spectacular sunset after another ... i was going to go to Ronnie's Barefoot Bar for their Sunday BBQ, but Ron and Patricia invited me to go to Splash Inn for a Pizza ... that sounded good too, and so did company .... so i had a Blue Cheese and Ham pizza .... good, but i hardly could taste the Blue Cheese ... tried to sit outside at Ruby's in the dark to use the internet ... but the mosquitos got me about 4 times, and i gave up ....