Island Drive

Today we just kind of drove around the island and I took a ton of pictures, here are a few.
And yes we included a few of us too!

And some of these might look a little trippy but thats because I processed them that way.



This is a processed one of what might have been a bridge at one point.

This is a scenic one that I processed, maybe a bit too much but I do like the colors.
This is the low tide at sunset, normally all those rocks you see are under a foot of water.
This is a waterfall we went to today but we were not allowed to go under it.
Christine saw this rainbow while we were sitting in the drive through of McDonalds (we were thirsty after being out in the forest all day).
The above and below shots are processed versions of the same picture. This is from the waterfall park we went to today, kind of like a carnival exploded on this place and not in a good way, later you will see Christine at the entrance to the haunted house, ya a merry go round, waterfalls, pigs, chickens, ducks, a hidden cave and a haunted house.

This is the entrance to the haunted house, spooky!






Local kids playing at the watering hole. Probably the 2nd most dangerous thing I saw someone do today.

This would be the MOST dangerous thing I saw today. It was posted inside the cable car we took to the waterfalls, yup inspiring confidence in me all the way.

This is for Bubba, two huge spiders and a cocoon!





Low tide again for Bob and Jane.



Below are the more trippy of the pictures, I am playing around with some photo software that combines multiple exposures into one picture which contains the data from multiple exposures.






Well there you have some of our day, we were out and about for about seven hours but this is a general idea of some of the things we saw. We went all over the south eastern end of the island and it was like a whole new world. We forgot we were on Guam a few times, it was so much like Hawaii. But then we got out of the truck and nearly burst into flames, thats when we remembered we were on Guam.

Happy Mothers Day

Christine and I just wanted to say happy Mothers day to our Moms.

Love A&C

Anonymous Wedding Present

We received four sets of dinnerware as a wedding present. However, there was no note in the package to say who sent them to us. We called Target to try to get this information but they would not provide it to us.

Also, we did not get the dinnerware till just last month as the original shipment was lost in the mail. We called Target because the registry showed it was purchased but we had not received it. Target (after a few phone calls) ended up just shipping out a whole new shipment, but would not tell us who bought it.

So if you bought it for us, Thank you!
If you know who bought it, tell them Thank You, and let us know who it is.

A&C

Pics

Still playing with the camera, some good some not so good. These I like. Well except the one of me, but thats a given.

New Camera

Christine and I got a new camera, a fancy DSLR one.

And I figured out a new trick, HDR Photography. You take three pictures, under, over and perfectly (or as close as I can get it) exposed and software blends them together to make them look cool.

Here are some before and afters:

Scuba Pictures

Today we went on our first dive since our certification. We saw a whole lot of fish, but no turtles.

The black and white striped ones are called convict fish, because they trade fish food for nail files.

I am still getting the hang of our new underwater digital camera so hopefully the pictures will only get better.

Weather Update

In case you were wondering what the weather has been like here lately I drew you a picture.

I saw a small child dressed in all black burst into flames today.

Kong Rey

On Sunday I get a call telling me that a Typhoon is headed towards us. Of course that day is less Sunny than the last few days but it does not look too ominous. But just to be prepared myself and Christine went out and bought some more candles and food and water. Christine had already set up a nice Typhoon locker when she came out in August so we were really prepared. Monday I go to work and pretty much just secure it. We then went and spent the majority of our day (me and some coworkers) in line waiting for gas. We had to gas up all our cars, get propane and get gas for generators. The generators had been in the shop for a month so we called and got just enough for those that needed them (good thing too because thats exactly how many they actually repaired). We then had to wait in line to buy gas and put it in portable gas tanks. We then had to go out in town to get propane because here on base you can't refill it only exchange it, and they were all out.

So we go out in town, I split up and go get the generators, and my coworkers go to the propane place. That goes swimmingly until they see an old man get run over by some other guy backing out.

So at the end of the day I have fifty dollars worth of gas, and 25 dollars worth of propane in my garage. A ton of food and water, and a generator. We moved everything that was outside inside, and took apart our new garden. And.................


The storm missed us completely. Barely even rained.

The picture above is the storms path. You can see for yourself. (Kong Rey was the name of the Typhoon)

Tuba for Scooba

Christine is now dive certified as well! She had pictures taken during her class, I did not. We will put some of those up as soon as she gets them.

Work in Progress

Well, after digging up all that dirt and all those weeds, we began the process of re-planting the area. I hauled many many boxes of dirt to an undisclosed location (ditch across the street) and we still had a ton of rocks and just unusable dirt. We bought this tarp thing that you use to block out weeds and other unwanted plants and laid that down over the rocks. Then we used all the leftover dirt we had and then bought some more to cover it. The brown border we got on clearance, they were 9 for a dollar, so that worked out very well for us. Thanks to some wedding guests we have the nice solar lighting as well. Christine planted that bird of paradise looking plant and a whole lot of perennials, such as pansies and wild country. I have no idea what they look like either but we will post pictures as they grow.

Yes we watch too much HGTV. We also watch too much Food Network, you should see how well we are eating this month!

Snorkeling and Gardening

Today we went snorkeling in the ocean. We saw quite a few fish but no turtles. Soon we will have a waterproof camera and will put up some pictures of the fish.

Remember this?

Before

After

http://adamandchristine.blogspot.com/2006/11/gardening.html

Well now Christine decides she doesn't want those bushes there at all. So I dug them up and out, we are just waiting on getting rid of the dirt and rocks. Our house just got painted too so we will put up some new pictures soon.

A

SCOOBA

I am now SCUBA certified. Me and some of the guys from the office did an accelerated class, so we got it done in one week. Christine is starting her class in a week or so and it will last two weeks. Which is probably better because doing it all in one week was too much SCUBA, and no days off.