Wednesday, September 26, 2012

House Guests

From time to time we get house guest, but they aren't your average house guest....

Living in the Caribbean I have the privileged of playing host to endangered species. Two of our roommates work and volunteer for the St Kitts Sea Turtle Monitoring Network. And because of their involvement I have the extreme honor to be witness to their efforts to help such an incredible species.
There is nothing more humbling then being in the presence of an endangered species.

Here are a few photos of  our house guests....


A Baby Leatherback 


A Baby Green 




A Juvenile Green 










Sunday, September 23, 2012

Katfish and Billfish Came to St. Kitts


Well Katfish and Billfish made it to St. Kitts! They came to visit and we had such a wonderful time! Mom and Dad were here for about 10 days and we kept them busy every day! Between zip-lining, snorkeling, tanning, eating, fishing, island touring, and exploring. We took them to our favorite places! And our not so favorite places. It was imperative that they visited our not so favorite places….They were even able to experience "Only in St. Kitts" moments too! 

Oh and I almost forgot! Duke was in HEAVEN all week with Billfish. I don’t think Duke left his side. We actually surprised Duke by letting him outside to go “potty” but really it was to surprise him with Billfish! And boy was he surprised to see his best friend. By the way it was my idea to surprise Duke! Mom was really cute before we surprised Duke though the exchange went something like this:

Katfish: Do you think Duke will remember me? I’m worried he won’t.
Me: Well I can’t promise he will remember you but he will remember Dad!
Love you Katfish!

I won’t bore you with the details of their visit. Just know that Katfish loves zip-lining and Billfish loves snorkeling! He was snorkeling machine! Oh and Dad has done a lot of out the country fishing and he has always been successful. So might be angry for me to tell you that he was skunked here in St. Kitts. Not one people! The man caught nothing! So I guess that means he will just have to come back and try again!
We enjoyed them so much and hated to see them leave. We had home cooked meals and a few surprises from home! Most importantly we had our family here with us. And we exposed them to every good, bad, and Jumanji like quality of St. Kitts.

So instead of details enjoy our pictures.....



Old Sugar Mill


Katfish


Katfish 


The helmets are awful....


Hey! 



Katfish and Billfish


Racing to the finish 





Brimstone Steps


Still going...


Finally at the top! 


Heading down







Family picture  - notice how Duke gets all of the love


Posing for a cooking picture...



Duke is a wolfpack fan! 




"Box" Turtles (hahah....)


Getting a lesson on turtles 


Billfish Limin'


Me and Katfish 


This might be first time Dad sees this picture..but we caught you in the act! We know who you love the most! 



We had such an amazing week.