February 20-21

Wind, wind go away….

Since I woke up early I decided to ride my bike down to the beach to see the sunrise. The horizon was cloudless and the entire sky was streaked with yellows, pinks, and oranges in anticipation of the coming dawn. It was a beautiful sight and I found a pier to settle on and watch the sun peek out over the water. Although the sky was brilliant, the wind was not light, it blew the trees furiously and whipped the water into small foamy whitecaps before lapping ashore. The wind did not show signs of stopping, and this doesn’t make for a good diving day.

Bert confirmed this later in the morning, it was definitely too windy to go out. And the wind did not let up the next day either. So we had a couple of days of island time. There was plenty to keep us busy since John had received his container a few days before. We spent time hanging curtains, tv wall mounts, putting together a golf cart trailer, bikes, bed frames and generally just helping to finish some unpacking.

We still found time for an afternoon swim and several visits to town. It’s so easy to find an easy rhythm here. Riding our bikes into town to the market or to see what’s going on at Bert’s dive shop. Nothing feels hurried or worrisome. Although we’ve got just over a week left, I’m beginning to feel like our time is running out! My mind is beginning to wander back to Mississippi at times, to all the things I’ll have waiting for me there. But I’m determined not  to let a day go by here preoccupied with other thoughts. The relaxed feeling I have here is not something I can usually achieve at home and something I intend to enjoy every moment I’m here.

Hopefully tomorrow will bring less wind and another day of diving. Either way, no worries…..

heres a link to a video of the sunrise               https://youtu.be/-eDQ2bC3nW0