Happy (Soggy and Blowy) Thanksgiving!!

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Happy Birthday, Vickie!!!

Happy Thanksgiving, Everybody!!

Well, the storm continued to blow all night.  The ocean is much wilder this morning!  The waves are crashing over the gazebo constantly.  It is amazing how it is able to withstand the forces of the raging sea and storm!  I thought yesterday was impressive, but today is topping it.  As long as the wind isn’t driving the rain directly towards us, we have our room door open.  The wind feels nice.  Sandy was asking how this storm compares to ours at home in Ocean Shores… well, for one, I am not on the ocean, so I can’t compare that.  But the biggest difference is that is still very warm here, not cold like in OS.  So here we have the door and windows open, at home everything is closed up tight.  But either place: I am loving the storms!  Puts a damper on diving (darn!) and wandering around town, but not a damper on our enthusiasm in this place!

A video of the storm that Sandy got, pretty impressive!

We will have to brave the storm sometime this am to get on the internet  to check on the flight status.  No planes will be able to get in and out of the airport here in this weather.  The runway is very short and it is right at the edge of the ocean…Sandy may be here a bit longer than planned!

Well, I need to get out to take more photos!!!!!

Sandy checked the internet and there did not seem to be any delays on her flight.  In fact, just walking behind our bungalows to the courtyard area, there did not seem to be any bad weather!  It wasn’t raining, just cloudy skies.  So Cleve arrived in the van and off she went to the airport.  See ya!!

Linda and I got her stuff packed and transferred to my bungalow.  We will be roomies for the next couple of days.  At noon Linda braved the storm to meet up with her pal, Ron, to work on some computer stuff.  OMG it is now 1pm and the storm has MAJORLY AMPED UP!!!!!!  The wind is howling, the rain is pouring and being blown in my window.  Finally had to close it.  The wind blew my door closed.  OOOHHH   WWHHEEEEE!!!  It is exciting!  Hope Sandy’s flight made it out this am… Oops, just lost the power again.  Well, more later!!

Sandy’s flight was to take a small plane to the mainland of Honduras, short layover then fly to Houston and on to Seattle.  If she got out of Roatan, if the storm affects there, she could be stuck there.  The storm is very impressive.  Anyway, hope she made it home!

I did some reading, photochecks, took more pics and videos of the storm and colored some cards.  Linda returned, wearing a trash bag as a raincoat.  When in the Caribbean, do as the locals do! 

About five pm I decided I needed to get out and off we went to explore a little and get some dinner.  It was blowing, but no rain.  Many shops and restaurants were closed due to the bad weather.  Many boats were pulled up onto the shore and tied to trees to protect them from the pounding surf… this was along the bays that normally don’t have any waves!  Piles of seaweed have been washed on shore.  Looks quite different than it did a couple of days ago!  Certainly no more diving for us!

We had a nice, but blowy, dinner at the Lighthouse Restaurant.  Walking back in the dark, with the wind howling, was an adventure, luckily no rain.

Finally turned in for an early night.  Will need to check the internet about the weather… may affect us getting out on Saturday!

Hasta!