The location has changed but the fun remains! Join us up at the Beautiful Blue Lagoon, Lagoon II, on Saturday October 5 for our monthly Scuba Dive-In! This is your opportunity to grab your dive buddy and come scuba dive and explore Lagoon II. This is the perfect time for you to work on your navigation skills or your buoyancy.
Eric has some instructor candidates but there is plenty of room to set-up your tarp with your buddy and enjoy the day! So, come diving and have some fun!!!!!
If your are interested and need more information contact Eric or Dive Mom!
There are five or six other beginning girls in her class so she should do fine. One fun activity is called, “Own a Pony Day”. They start at 8:30 in the morning heading out into the field to catch their own pony. They lead it in, saddle it, go for a ride, come back for brushing, combing, hoof picking, etc followed by a BBQ lunch. The afternoon is spent with more “horseplay” and another long ride before they go home at 4:30. She will have had six weeks of lessons by then and it will be time to learn just how much trouble a horse can be.
A note from Karen: Today’s science project was to go out in the dinghy and observe a small pod of killer whales, also known as Orcas, that came to play in the lagoon. When we got too close, Rebecca reassured the nervous adults that killer whales in the wild have never been known to injure man. (She has a book on dolphins and whales.) We questioned her for further facts and found out that they could hold their breath for an “astonishingly long time” and swim really fast. Asked to qualify those terms, she came home, dug out her book and wrote a report. She then gave an oral presentation–complete with pictures to enhance the telling–and enlightened all the adults.
We spent the next few days towing a windsurfer board behind the dinghy. At first Rebecca was a bit tentative. Now she says she is going to stand up next time she tries.
Mussel farms are across the bay. It’s a short trip to collect a hundred or so for dinner. We’ve had piles of steamed mussels, smoked mussels in pasta, mussels tossed on the coals, and eaten as soon as they opened – we’re still not tired of mussels. Just around the corner is a nice place to catch red snapper and we’ve been working our way through recipes including fried, grilled, and smoked. Locals pointed out a bay where pacific island oysters can be collected a low tide, there are scallops and lobsters for the taking around 50-60 feet. We’re surrounded by seafood, beautiful hills and snug anchorages. 
We’ll spend two or three more weeks in this area before heading to a marina in Auckland. We bought a car last season and it’s waiting for us in the parking lot. After a season of cruising in Fiji we have a long list of boat projects to attend to. There are welders, alternator repair shops, libraries, internet connections, fresh vegetables, ice cream, traffic lights and all the complexities of civilization just 40 miles away. Meanwhile we’re going to bed early, waking up to the song of the Tui bird and enjoying this bit of New Zealand.
