Last Saturday was the February fishing tournament and we went out for a day of fishing but lousy catching. The weather was good and the sea was easy but the fish were not biting. We did catch a couple of nice wahoos but only one was a qualifier, and a couple of small tunas so there was fish for dinner but no big fish. Currently our team is still in first place for the years point total but we better get lucky next month.
The week was slow but I did have to cover a couple of classes at the school while my lovely bride attended to other duties. I have a regular coffee meeting down the road at a little store where I meet with a Marshallese man named Bob. We have coffee and discuss books we are reading and exchange books that we think the other will like. Bob is a US Army veteran and has lived all over the world before coming to the Marshall Islands to retire.
This Saturday, Becky and I went out with Hiro and Carey for a day of diving and snorkeling. We left Majuro about 9 AM on Carey’s boat and traveled to Arno (the next atoll to the East). We Arrived at Arno and I went for a SCUBA dive with Hiro and Becky snorkeled. I had a great dive Becky got to snorkel around the dive site. We had lunch on the boat and then while we moved to the next site we put out the fishing lines. Becky was running a hand line and had a tremendous striking but Hiro and I were unable to keep on the line and pull it in. Becky got a second strike but lost it. That’s the only luck we had. We dropped Becky off to go snorkeling and ran up the island to do a drift dive. I saw my first pair black tip sharks and we had a great dive. We fished all the way home but had not luck.
Life here in Majuro is good and Becky and I are doing well. I continue my job as the head cook and bottle washer and Becky continues to bring home the bacon. Life’s tough when you’re a cabana boy.
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