Snorkeling Adventure

This weekend, an area of the navy base which is not normally open for hiking was open. On Sunday, Tara, Liz & Roberto and I hiked down the ruins of the Spanish Steps to Orote Cove. The snorkeling was great. Here are a few pictures of the cove first.










Here are some underwater pictures from the snorkeling portion of the expedition. Some of them are little fuzzy, partly because I am still learning how to use the camera underwater, and partly because the tide was coming in pretty strong, making it hard to hold still and stirring up sand.

The pictures do give idea of the fish and corals under our tropical waters. The pictures of the orange and black clown fish peeking out of the sea anemone are pretty cute. Nemo, of "Finding Nemo" fame is a clown fish. The clown fish will actually come up to you if you hold still for long enough. They are curious little fishies! I also like the purple and green clams, I am not sure if you can tell from the picture, but the colors were almost psychadelic. The colors in general are very brilliant on the reef.

The brain coral were also amazing. There is a lot of life under the water, you would never even know about just from looking out at the view from above.































A picture of me snorkeling!


This last one is Liz and Roberto on the beach adjacent to the cove.



The trip today topped off an eventful weekend. I had hoped to have some pictures of my new cat to share on the blog... However, when I went to shelter to meet the cats and give one a home I got bitten on the hand. It was actually the one I was about to adopt. She was very friendly and came right up to me and rubbed against me. Then she bit me, hard enough to draw blood. Now, I am not a cat novice, I know when a cat is playing and accidentally plays to rough, and this cat intended to bite and hurt me.
So, needless to say, I came home without a furry companion. I have decided to wait until Tommy gets home and we can pick out a cat, or maybe even a kitten together. The experience has made me rethink my stance on getting a kitten. At least with a kitten, I can be pretty sure no one has mistreated it and made it mean. The whole ordeal made me sad and angry at cats in general... and really it just made me miss my sweet, loving Gizmo even more.