Snorkeling heaven

We had a faculty trip snorkeling yesterday - what a blast!!!

We went to Scott's Head at the very southern tip of this island -which is an isthmus - the Atlantic is on one side and the Caribbean Sea is on the other. We went out just a bit from the shore and there was this huge drop off. Cool!!! BTW - I bought snorkeling equipment on Friday so I am set now. It was absolutely gorgeous - the fish, the coral, I could go on and on.

After about an hour there we went to Champagne Beach for lunch and our afternoon. It is called that because there are millions of bubbles as you are under the water and it looks like champagne bubbles. It is so amazing. You can hear it too. We saw a lot more fish there - gorgeous - big fish, huge schools of fish, squid, turtles. Wow!!!! It is also one of the premier dive sites on the island and I can see why. There are caves and another big drop off not too far off shore. It would be amazing to dive it. I am going to look into lessons and hopefully get dive certified.

According to John L. - the experienced diver - we saw Rainbow, Blue and Queen Parrot Fish, Trumpet Fish, Peacock Flounder, French Angel Fish, Squirrel Fish, Cow Fish and Sergeant Majors - not sure everyone will know what all of those look like, but interesting nonetheless, I hope. I just thought they were all pretty.

It was a great day. Boy were we tired when we got home. It was a lot of activity for the day.

We have a day trip to Les Saintes in two weeks and I can't wait for that. I will tell you all about it after. Les Saintes is a small French Island just off the coast of Guadeloupe.

We are planning a Canadian Thanksgiving too and will have the Canadian gang for dinner. We may let a few Americans join us too. We know where to get a Butterball Turkey, so we will have turkey, sweet potatoes and anything else we can make. We get pumpkin here so we may have to have a stab at pumpkin pie. Should be fun.

As for the rest of the week - it seems to have gone by in a blur again. Wow, we are busy but I am enjoying the students. They are a lot of fun to work with. We had labs again this week and it is funny to have them interview patients. Some are so nervous. We also had them do verbal reports and summaries of the interviews in class - that freaks them out a bit. We just tell them though that they need the practice before their clinical rotations.

Have I tortured you enough for this week? Oh, I almost forgot - another breathtaking sunset last night - it was so clear and the water was so calm. Gorgeous. But, it is very still and hot today.
Ah, yes.......

TTYL