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November 30, 2024 What the heck!  We’ve had 7 nights of wonderfully quiet sleep, but last night the loud club music we experienced back in 2022 was bumping.  Whoever was partying, they continued rocking the music until 4 am.  Makes it a little rough to then get up at 5 am to get ready, finishContinue reading “You Can’t Have This”

November 29, 2024 Today is our last day of diving and our last full day on Utila.  We had arranged for Chover to pick us up verbally yesterday, instead of by texting through WhatsApp, so it made me a little nervous when he wasn’t as prompt as all of the other days.  He was onContinue reading “A Baracuda as Big as Me!”

November 28, 2024 It’s Thanksgiving Day. We got up at the usual time to go diving, and Chover arrived at 7:15 to pick us up, which was good. He deposited us at Tank’d by 7:30, and we arranged for him to pick us up both tomorrow for diving and Saturday morning to catch the ferryContinue reading “MFO – Mystery Floating Object”

November 27, 2024 There’s not much to report for today. We woke at about 5:45, but we had no reason to. Today we are taking a day off from diving. The internet here at our Casita has decided it wanted a vacation too, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Sara, so today I spent theContinue reading “5G, Oh how I miss you”

November 26, 2024 We woke up to the heaviest rain. There’s something about rain that makes you want to stay in bed, but I think Chover said it best. “Delicious for sleeping” was what he said about the rain when he picked us up for diving. We again got to the dive shop early. IContinue reading “Delicious for Sleeping!”

November 25, 2024 This morning we’ve signed up for a two tank morning dive with Tank’d. We arranged for Chover to pick us up at 7:15, so Nathan set his alarm for 6 am. By 5:50 he’d gotten up and rudely turned the light on over the sink and woke me up. It’s all good.Continue reading “Homemade Coconuts!”

November 24, 2024 I had to consult my watch for the date, so by that measure, this vacation is going superbly. It’s Sunday. I’ve taken two showers since Thursday and I’ve put deo on exactly zero times. I’ve thought about work only in the framework of the Utila Chocolate Company. They make chocolate, coffee andContinue reading “Sunday Night, Pizza Night”

November 23, 2024 I did not sleep so good. My Fitbit thinks I slept great, but we only had a sheet on our bed, and I was cold. At some point in the night I went and grabbed the bath towels to cover myself. Nathan suffered under the sheet, sans towels. We had set anContinue reading “The Chickens are on Island Time”

November 21/22, 2024 We worked a regular day today. I had pretty much done everything possible to prepare for vacation..my jury summons for the day we get back? I hope I’ve done everything possible to prep for that. Nathan worked until 3 pm in Boulder, then drove home, picked up the dog, and took himContinue reading “Not Firing on all Cylinders”