Amy and the boys on STJ: Days 4 & 5

[Amy]

We woke up to clouds and showers on Monday (pre-Gustav) which never really cleared up, so we decided today was a good villa gravity day. The boys played their computer soccer game and chess, we played a few games of Scrabble and generally just relaxed and enjoyed doing next to nothing. I didn't take many photos, but I did take some of our dinner table with a chessboard in the middle. We had steak on the grill, more Josephine's salad, and jerk-spiced rice.

Note D's empty plate, and my full one! Teenagers--sheesh!


Day 5 dawned beautifully, and we decided to go to Hawksnest, the first place that D learned to snorkel.







The snorkeling was really good, and we got some great photos with our new camera:











Stoplight parrotfish:


Are these needlefish?


School of fry:


We had stopped at Deli Grotto and got a few Pink Cadillacs for lunch, so we set up at a picnic table and ate, while swatting at the skeeters the whole time. They weren't a problem on the beach, but they were bad back near the bushes. Sat by the water for a while longer while the boys swam, then headed home again.

A common sight in the late afternoons:


Dinner tonight was grilled jerk chicken breasts, more salad, and couscous.

Next: Waterlemon, and an adventure on my own

[Lulu76]

You have a GREAT underwater camera. I love those shots. It almost makes me want to try snorkeling.

[Jo Ann - VA]

Amy,

I am loving your reports. Thanks for taking the time to do them!

[cat]

What kind of camera do you have? Did I miss that? Those shots are beautiful!

[Amy]

Cat, we used several cameras, one mostly for underwater (Canon Powershot G9 with underwater housing, which was brand new), one mostly for land shots (FujiFilm A600, I think?), and my husband's which I can't remember now! We're kind of gadget freaks....

[cat]

I have the powreshot SD600 with the underwater housing! I love Cannon! I have been thinking about the Olympus that you don't need a housing for! Nothingtoloose's SO got one for their last trip and he loved it! I do like that the underwater housing makes it wsy to use the buttons bieng that they are bigger than on just the camera. I just would love to not have to carry one more thing!