In the water surrounding the boat are hundreds, if not thousands of moon jellies. They don’t sting; although I think it tickles a little. I picked up one yesterday and Susan got a nice photo of the moment. Their topsides are a little like sandpaper. In the morning they’re deeper in the water and during the day they’re pretty close to the surface.
This morning I woke up early and sat in the cockpit for a while. Competing with the dogs and roosters was the sound of a church choir. Steve went to a mass last night, which was a children’s mass. They sounded great even from the boat. This morning’s choir was less boisterous, but created an equally beautiful sound. Church singing has been heard everywhere we’ve been.
Today we’ll get some provisions and head off for some anchorages. We’re excited to get to snorkel, swim and dive again. It’s been over two weeks since we’ve had the opportunity. The visibility is supposed to be excellent here; 90 feet! We met a guy who told us to buy frozen peas and go snorkeling by his place at night. You can get sea horses to loop around your fingers while they eat the peas. He said turtles are also around.
Susan’s bleeding the fuel line right now. She looked at the fuel filter yesterday and forgot to bleed the fuel line. So, when we started the engine to charge the batteries last night it only ran for a minute or so and then died. Luckily, she has a lot of experience with this procedure. The smell of diesel really bothers me. The fuel tank is open and my stomach is churning. So, I’ll go…
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