So - not really my story but very cool. Chad, Dyan, Brynn and Kori went snorkeling yesterday. As they were boating from one spot to the next, the guide says "eagle rays. you can get out if you like" (not big on long convos is Lloyd!) So they jump into the water and swim with the eagle rays. Brynn and Kori get close enough to touch them but didn't. These things are HUGE! This is the info on them from the net: The spotted eagle ray reaches a maximum length of 8.2 feet (2.5 m) not including the tail, with the total length including an unbroken tail reaching close to 16.4 feet (5 m). The maximum disc width is 9.8 feet (3 m) and maximum published weight is 507 pounds (230 kg). Everyone on the trip says the rays they were swimming with were definitely this big. Here's a picture of one. (Also from the net. Sorry. Chad got pics but I don't have them.)
Now that was an experience I'm sorry I missed! I was home babysitting.
My fish story isn't nearly so exciting. I finally got my hands on some fresh fish! Barracuda! The only problem was, it wasn't cleaned. So I go home and said "who wants to teach me how to clean fish?!" Surprisingly, no one did. Alfred did come with me next door to ask Gary (a guy Alfred works with) to help. So I stood in the sea and Alfred stood on the shore and we watched Gary, in his work clothes, scale and clean the fish. I wish I had had a camera just for the pic of Gary in his nice clothes with scales stuck to his face! Well, at least I now know how to clean a fish ... act helpless and ask Gary! Then you have to perform the ant test. Some barracuda are apparently poisonous. The way to tell is to toss a piece of fish outside and see if the ants eat it. They will only eat it if it's not poisonous. So I tossed the tail out the back and the ants loved it! So did I. Lovely non-fishy taste with really big bones. And we all lived so the test must have been accurate!
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