Treasure Hunt

The dog days of summer are here. Since closing the cafe, I have lolled around a lot and caught up some reading, cleaned out the cafe, done some plumbing work around the house, and still have lots of yard work, painting and general cleanup to do. Also developed a bad case of RAIDS. (Rapidly Accelerating Income Deficiency Syndrome)

On the bright side, I volunteered to help out a bunch of University of Southampton students that are looking for old shipwrecks and artifacts. It's really cool but generally just a day of snorkeling. Basically one person goes down to about 10 feet of water in scuba gear and an underwater metal detector. I stay directly above him with a GPS tracker held above my head to keep water from getting into it. When he/she finds something, I mark it on the GPS, then we move on. At the end of the day, the head girl downloads all the information which shows exactly where we swam and where we found metal. We went out with the Department of Fisheries on Friday. Upon coming back to the boat, the D of F guys had lugged in about 9 large conch. We ate one raw on the boat and then headed to Prickly Pear to make ceviche. Ahh, conch ceviche and cold beer on a semi-deserted island. Felt a little like Gilligan. Never wanted to leave. Of course the girl running the show kept trying to tell me that this was not a normal day of work for them but since it was Friday they were all taking a break. Good to know it's a worldwide phenomena to only work half days on Friday.

Hoping they call again. Great people to be with and lot's of fun for a good cause.