Broken Weather

The weather just won't break. It's been windy and the seas have been rough for several days now. We have been diving on the south side all week. It's a real pain.

We have a little landing called Calabash Bight that is only about 15 minutes away but we still have to load the truck up with all the gear, drive it over and then unload everything. We take a separate vehicle for the guests.

Today is was raining in the morning so we were all soaked before we even started diving. The road is a muddy mess too so the truck just slides around and you hope you don't end up in a ditch or stalled out in a puddle.

The diving on the south side is good however and the guest really enjoy it. Yesterday, I didn't dive and they saw a giant hawksbill turtle and a seahorse. Both are rare up this way.

One of the crew is probably going to leave. He has an offer that will pay about double what he makes here because it's at a bigger resort with more consistant bookings. He's a great guy and we hope he stays but there is nothing I can do about the money. He has 3 kids and a wife to support so he needs all he can earn. He even has his kids in a private school and he really wants them to stay there.

I ordered a new GPS and it's finally arrived but I have to pick it up in town.

I'm meeting a banker to get our security device for on line banking so I'll get the GPS on Friday when I see the banker. I can hardly believe they have on line banking. When you attempt to go to the bank, the lines are really long. It's often a 2 hour wait and they don't even let you inside the bank most of the time because it's just too crowded. It's really crazy but I guess the customers put up with it so the banks never change.

The power just went out again. It seems to happen every day now and rumor has it that it may get worse. There is some talk that we may be without power for an entire weekend because of fuel shortage at the generating plant. They are providing power to the more populated and visited areas and leaving us in the dark.