Without planning it out loud, we both agreed today would be kind of a lazy day. When I was a kid we’d get a day now and then that my Mom would call a lazy day, meaning there was absolutely nothing we were required to do and we could choose to lay around all day or do something fun. We did love those days, and they were all the more special because they didn’t seem to come around often. So we started off the day with a big breakfast in our apartment to which we invited our friendly host. John’s wife, Susan, would be arriving by plane today and while always jovial, John was in an extra good mood.

We rode our bikes to town to get some more fresh juice after we depleted our supply at breakfast. On the road we happened to see the man who was stuck in San Ignacio in the fog with us. He was actually staying in San Pedro but had ridden the water taxi over for the day to see the island. We chatted with him for a while before we decided to go in search of one of our favorite restaurants from last year. We found Maggie’s and we also found a spot to feed the tarpon from a pier. We bought a bag of small fish from a local lady. She also handed us a bucket and told us it was to fill with water and throw at the Pelicans. What?! It wouldn’t take us long to understand what she meant by that. We walked out onto the pier and the pelicans wasted no time scooting as close as they could to us. We could see the large tarpon in the water below. Greenish or silver, some of them looked to be at least 5 or 6 feet long. It became a game for Christian to actually try to feed a tarpon without the birds getting the fish first. Christian has fed tarpon before and we loved seeing the huge fish jump out of the water and take the fish out of his hand, but this time the entertainment was the birds.

After we were done with the tarpon we rode around the split some, just to see what’s going on. Then back to our apartment. I spent a little time editing videos and finally it was time to meet Susan’s plane. There happened to be another lady who lived on the island picking up her husband from the same flight. She and her husband are from Mississippi also and now own a lovely boutique inn on the beach called the PuraVida Inn. The plane was a little delayed so stood and chatted for a while. The small plane finally came in and we collected Susan. After she settled in we all headed to the split for lunch at Paradisio Cafe. After lunch we stopped at the local animal shelter run by the guy who also repairs bikes. John and Susan wanted to stop and talk so Christian and I were more than happy to play with the dogs and cats. I even got to bottle feed a 22 day old kitten who’d been abandoned by its mother! The next stop was the sports bar to officially sign up for the Lion Fish Derby on Saturday. We had some questions about the rules so we talked with Scott, the owner, for a while. Last stop was by the little dive shop to apprise Bert, our team captain, of all we had learned. John and Susan headed home while Christian and I couldn’t resist the call of the delicious gelato at the split. We sat on the crumbling sea wall and watched both the view and the mix of people for a while.

We finally headed home. We spent time at the pool relaxing and I worked more on videos. Lunch had ended up mid-afternoon so we didn’t want any supper. So a lazy night ended our lazy day. Tomorrow we are scheduled to go out to Turneffe to dive and it looks like the weather is going to cooperate. Lazy days here are just as fun as busy days – we haven’t seen a really bad day here yet!