Never Boring....here in Roatan!

Lots of fun and adventurous things to add....


First....I had the wonderful experience of driving a truck with only three wheels instead of four; doesn't really work very well.  The wear and tear on a vehicle here is tremendous...salt water, mountainous terrain, etc. adds so much stress on an already stressed vehicle.  Needless to say, my front left ball joint pin sheered off and I went sliding down the hill.  Thank God, the car did not go out of control and I stayed on the road and not down the extremely steep hill on either side...thank God, thank God.  So anyway, thought you would all enjoy that and it was worth mentioning.  The most exciting thing of it all was the two hour reunion on the West Bay Road with EVERYONE that we knew that drove by.  We decided to tow the truck, but the mechanic was determined to fix it right there....this place is so crazy different!


Second....night before last we had a bat that decided to spend the night in our bedroom!  The weather is so beautiful here that we sleep with the sliding glass doors open and somehow he managed to fly into the room.  Chris and I both sat up in bed when we heard a loud thud and knew something out of the ordinary had happened.  Sure enough, he turned on the light and the bat was lying on the floor next to the bathroom door.  Apparently, it had flew straight into the door and knocked itself out.  Thank goodness Chris was here for two reasons:  first of all, knowing me, I would've just ignored it and crossed it off as my imagination and not investigate...which would have ended with a bat flying/spinning around the room on a ceiling fan; and second, Chris picked up the bat in a towel and ran him outside...not something I would prefer to do!  Anyway, crazy freak incident...another thing worth mentioning.

Third...and this one is for you Bonnie...in keeping the tradition of Mardi Gras, Chris brought back two King Cakes so that our wonderful family here could experience the decadence of this wonderful treat.  We were dissappointed to discover that neither one, despite the warning signs on the box, included a baby in it.  So, I'm wondering is this oversight a result of economic crisis? I mean, are the bakers trying to cut back...no baby for you!  Is it a gender thing....could they not decide if the baby should be a boy or girl?  Or perhaps the NAACP decided that babies of minority were misrepresented.  Okay, just kidding...no one get their panties in a knot!  But seriously, where were the babies?  

Lastly, and this is a difficult one, what is up with the snorkel test?  This would have to be the most disgusting thing I have ever encountered.  Dive Masters do this as a right of passage once completing their certification.  Lord help me if I ever look forward to taking this test!  Saw it performed on four people on the night this picture was taken and each time I came near vomiting.  So gross!  But hey, Welcome to Roatan!