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OLDER POST:Lionfish in Curacao, Caribbean Lionfish,NEWER POST:Smiley Face in a Orange Elephant Ear SpongeFeb 2, 10 Comments (0)
 Lionfish Good evening Earth people, how’s it going?? Today was like a personal contest to see just how much a man can do in a day. I left the house with two wild eyed ready to go dogs at 7:30 equipped with a big push broom, rake and clippers. I am on my yearly mission to get the now old 2006 Curacao World Cup Course re-opened and ride-able again. This morning I tackled another section down by the ocean that needed to be swept and raked as no one has been able to climb it for so long because of all the loose rocks. The morning was beautiful as we headed out, overcast with rain in the distance and a nice cool wind, made the two hour hike/cleaning mission much easier. I love walking the trails early in the morning, the hermit crabs are everywhere, parakeets are screaming all around you, the sound of the ocean smashing against the cliff below and the smell of that fresh salt air, it’s just beautiful!
The minute I got home I quickly ate breakfast and then got my camera loaded in the housing. Next I set out to find all my dive gear that was hanging everywhere still drying from the last dive. At 11:00 I went to the Sea Aquarium for a dive in search of the Lionfish and to get some macro shots of this weird warty anemone we found yesterday as well. The ocean was again mega rough and getting in and out was a challenge but once out and down to 60 plus feet everything was much better. I spent around 25 minutes searching for the Lionfish he wasn’t where I had last seen him and I almost gave up when out of the corner of my eye I saw something strange move under a coral ledge, it was him! Again I just hovered there at 65 feet staring in disbelief, what a crazy looking fish!! I had to keep telling myself, “he’s very poisonous, so be very careful”! I am really not used to dealing with anything to dangerous here, other than scorpionfish and man-o-wars and we rarely see those! I had my macro lens and ever so carefully moved in but found him very difficult to shoot, he seems to always try to keep those poison spines pointed at you and is most of the time then facing the other direction! It was a fun dive I enjoyed just watching him and trying to learn some of his normal behaviors. Once my dive computer started beeping at me to get up to safer levels I then continued my search for all kinds of cool tiny things to photograph and there’s plenty of that out there.
So after two hours of diving I rushed home again, washed all my gear, cleaned the camera, down-loaded the photos and then took off on a one hour shopping spree, busy day! At 4:15 I left the house on the mountain bike, I first did a 45 minute warm up and then met some friends for another hour and a half ride. Hey I spent all morning working on those trails I had to go try them out!! So now I am sitting here feeling pretty tired, six hours of exercise that’s enough for me!
Thanks for all the great mail, I really think the World of you guys! See you again tomorrow, Barry
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