Enjoying The Island

After snorkeling yesterday I took a ride around the island, checking out stuff that I've passed by but haven't explored yet.

First was the Kwajalein Public Gardens.

It was very nice. I'm not sure how it works exactly but I believe if you get a hankering to do some gardening you come here to putz around. There are some beautiful plants in here.






After that I stopped at one of the beaches and found some beach glass. Here is my little collection of found items.

The glass on the left is beach glass found on the shore, the glass on the right was just found randomly on island.

On my way across the island to watch the sun set, I saw this bike parking lot....I couldn't even get all the bikes in the pic.

The sunset was beautiful and the sailboat was a nice touch.

Helicopter Ride - Dream Come True

For years I have wanted to experience a helicopter ride. Many years. It's not just something you get to do. When you go somewhere of any distance, it's usually by plane. Helicopters aren't really accessible to the general public.

A few days ago, my dream became reality.

I loved it. I can say now that I prefer helicopters over airplanes. What a great experience. This is why I am here. How many jobs have you had where part of your duties entail getting in a helicopter to get from one location to the next? Me neither but I do now!

I'm already looking forward to my next helicopter ride. I'm hoping it's a tad longer next time. What fun!

It was interesting to me to discover that the seat I chose would have been the gunners seat during war times. My Dad was a gunner. On a much different kind of helicopter though.

Here are a few pictures I got while we were passing over:

Sightseeing Tour

It wasn't intended to be a sightseeing tour, but that's what it turned out to be. We went fishing again and this time not one fish made it into the boat. Not one! There is a whole sea of fishes out there and we didn't snag a one. Well, I guess that's not exactly true. We had one on the line that got away and when we reeled in the rigging to put the poles away we found a piece of a jaw wedged in the lure, I guess we would have had one if it's jaw would have held out. Sorry fish!

Something we did see that made the whole trip worthwhile (for me anyway) was dolphins. Lots of them. Three times we were surrounded by huge pods that swam with us and played along with the boat. It was so much fun. Photographing dolphins is a bit like photographing lightning though, as soon as you snap they are gone. I got a couple of good ones but the highlight was this little video I managed to capture:

Watch For Falling Coconuts

They are everywhere.