Creole Rock Delivers...

Hello... not sure if anyone is reading this blog yet. We have 6 followers so far, but I have to admit that two of them are my parents, so I'm not sure if that counts. But four others is pretty good .... okay, one of them is me. Alright, alright, I'll tell the truth. The other two are really good friends of mine and the other is one of our old divemasters, Chuck (By the way... thanks for the blog support). But... I am going to persevere in the hopes that the "followers" of the Octopus Blog will increase. Plus this is a great way to let my parents know what is going on here.

It is lunch time right now and Chris and Craig have just gone out on the boat with some snorkelers and divers. I went this morning to Creole Rock and Turtle Reef with two really nice French Snorkelers and it was amazing. The best I have seen it since the hurricane OMAR. Visibility was great and we saw two turtles (both Hawksbill, one was a little baby and the other was bigger). We also saw an amazing eagle ray. They really seem to stick around if you are snorkeling, but when you see the eagle rays on scuba they get scared more easily. I adore eagle rays, seeing them while snorkeling is really nice too because you get the full benefit of seeing their spotted backs. We also saw a giant southern sting rays and just millions of fish. For me, I love the little herring fish, you know... the ones that are small and silver and travel in a group. When you swim into them they all separate around you and you are encircled in a silver cloud of fish, it was too cool. I really wish that I had had my camera with me.

Creole Rock was just fantastic today! It is also really great getting there in the morning, where there are no other boats, just us and the wildlife.

Other events here at Octopus are that our cat Max came back from the vet yesterday. Well, most of him came back but he left two small parts at the vet. Well, they weren't really that small actually, but that is another conversation. He is recovering and doing fine. The vets in St. Martin are really great, and not expensive either. Just in case anyone is thinking of moving here and they have pets....

Things really seem to be going back to normal here after OMAR. We are looking forward to the busy season as we see more and more potential divers walking by!

OK. Enough for now. Keep watching this space!

(this was written by Sally)