Timing is everything!

This video was taken in the Grotto. Monica had suggested I dive there but it required advanced certification. When I got there, I saw why. Walking down a million steps wearing all the diving gear, jumping across a gap in the rocks, diving, then jumping back across and walking all the way up the steps with the diving gear would have been way hard!

So I settled for swimming in the grotto...which was fun. I did fall trying to get back from the middle rock to the stairs, but the local kids helped me up and then told me when to try again...timing was a bit tricky...as you can see in the video.

Saipan

Hey y'all...I thought I had posted some stuff in Saipan but apparently I was clicking the wrong Japanese (yep...blogger was in Japanese in Saipan too...must be my computer) buttons...Luckily it saved them anyway so I posted them.


I went to Saipan with several people from school...10 of us in fact. We stayed at the Pacific Islands Club and it was a really nice hotel. They had a lazy river, water slides, great snorkeling right from their beach, catamarans and kayaks, and one of those standing wave machines. I arrived late on Wednesday (actually early Thanksgiving) and we hung around the hotel all day Thursday. I was happy to find that they had a Thanksgiving buffet with yummy turkey and gravy. On Friday we went out for breakfast and did some sightseeing. Monica used to live in Saipan so she showed us her school and then we went back to the hotel and played.


On Saturday we went snorkeling in the morning and then I got to do two dives in the afternoon. The fish were plentiful...and some were fish I had never seen before. On Sunday I rented a moped to explore the island and it was lots of fun...until I got stuck in the mud...several times. I had turned around after nearly falling in the first mud hole, but the guy behind me said that the road ahead would be fine and that I was more than halfway through. He said he would follow me to make sure I got through. So I kept going...and going...and getting stuck...and slipping and sliding and getting dirtier and dirtier and by the end I was WAY tired and bruised and aggravated because when we got to the end it was too muddy to go up the last hill to the paved road and we had to go back. I was about to punch Mr. Keep-Going-You-Are-Almost-Out until he offered to ride the moped out and let me drive his car back. So that's what we did. The moral of the story is that if you think you should turn around, that is probably the best idea!

That night when I returned the moped I did a little shopping and was hurrying to catch the bus and didn't see some steps and blammo...fell and hurt my ankle. It puffed all up and is still swollen almost a week later. Oh well...it was worth it!

PS - I posted more pics on flickr and clicking the post title will take you to them. :)

We have found Jennell

She was last spotted in Saipan. (she jumped out of the fire into Saipan). She claims this makes her happy!
Jean looked on Grandma's Globe but alas (atlas?) she could not find where on the world Jennell was. So I was comissioned to get on the internet and find longitude and latatude for Saipan. Which I did straight away (who ever thought I would have to use Longitude and laditude dude, and why do they teach you such stuff your never gonna use in school?). Well we found her ....close to Guam apparently.
Jean is making me put up lights on a luring windy day! and some guy is out in a new to the lake sailboat. Keeling to beat the band. I may jump into Saipan next. gotta go, gotta get out there... bye

I BOUGHT A TURKEY YESTERDAY

IT WAS THE BEST THANKSIGIVING EVER AT JASON'S. We were an hour late gittin there with the bird. but still ate at around 630 or so I guess. Jason was not afraid to try deep frying the bird and it was yummy good .We had a gallon of eggnog and when we got home we put a gallon back in the fridge. Oh well, no one must have asked about nog or we would have remembered to pull it out I'm sure. All the food was great. Don't know how I missed the sweet paytaters but had some tonight, mmmmmm.
most imprtnt ting was the perfect windy marning......which resulted in fantastic sailing. Woosh soom up and across the whole lake and down with a splash turn and up again. woopee doo! yippy ki a . Really sumpin to be thankfull fer.
A great time was had by all.

Snorkelling at the hotel has been great...anyone know what kind of fish the little black and white one with the cirlce is?

We had lots of fun playing on the perpetual wave machine.

I knew that I was done for...once you get sideways the water just sweeps you away!

They have hammocks all around the property...they have turned out to be a lovely place to read a book!

A Month from last post

Heard a good thought.....prayer isn't for giving God orders, (do this, do that, get him, stop her), prayer is for reporting in.