Boonie Pigs

Another unicorn on the island - but we had a major breakthrough this afternoon. We found 6 baby boonie pigs out on the prowl. They made a wrong turn and went down the side of the fence that doesn't lead into the forest so I took it upon myself to chase them to freedom.

There are a few things that I'll miss

There are going to be a few... I guess it's nice to be able to walk out and have the beach to yourself.

Sigua Falls

I'm trying to play catch up. We hiked out to Sigua Falls about 2 weeks ago. Actually to be more acurate we hike out there about 3 weeks ago - got lost - didn't find the falls and then tried again with great success a week later. This hike was no joke - it's over 8 miles round trip and it's not a straight shot. The last half mile is a drop off with old ropes tied to trees so you can make the ascent. Luckily for us it hadn't rained in the past couple of days or this would have been a painful trip back. I've seen videos on youtube of guys jumping off of the top of this one but we weren't up for it today. The fall itself is probably 60 feet, but there is a convenient spot about a third of the way up you can jump through the waterfall and into the pool. That was more our speed.

Don't Touch the Ayoyo

It's like I've found the unicorn of guam. When I showed up here they made it sound like you had to use the buddy system to walk around at night because these little guys hang out waiting to lop off your toe and drag you off into the forest. As it turns out this is the first one I've seen and trust me I've been on the look out. It does turn out that I found this dude hanging out on our door step and I'm pretty sure that if I wasn't paying attention he might have gotten crushed by a size 10. After some research by Jenn I found out that this little fella was somewhere between 7 and 10 years old. Wikipedia has a good little article talking about the coconut crab . We sat down and had a little chat - he's a big fan of Brock's marlboro reds.

Elephant Ears

So I've got 5 days left here on the island. I apologize for not updating the
blog on a more regular basis, but we've been pretty busy finishing up the flying
schedule and trying to finish all 7 seasons of the Sopranos before we leave. You
can imagine how little time I've had. We decided to go out and try to find this
cave - Ritidian Cave - I've heard it's a cool cave and not too far
away. Along the route we came across these elephant ears. They're my favorite -
I remember growing up having these outside our house in Denton and I planted
some in the backyard while we were living in North Carolina. Cole was only 3 at
the time but he dug up a couple of the bulbs and I got mad at him about
it - I think he was looking for some worms. I've always felt bad about
getting mad at him about digging up the bulbs but really - he's a little
boy, they look for worms and bugs - that's what they do. I'm sure I did the
same thing when I was his age. Either way they grew as advertised into
these huge plants. Ever since then when Cole sees elephant ears he always
brings them to our attention and reminds me of how he got into trouble
digging them up. When I saw these it reminded me of how his
memory is so much better than mine. I can't wait to see them in a week.

Jenn always wanted a bald baby

There's nothing quite like a shorn noggin. Idle time as it turns out isn't such the good deal you'd think. So we're sitting around eating breakfast and decide that today might be a good day to shave the nuggets. Why not, we've got a 4 day weekend - let's shave the dome and grow out as much of a beard as we can in 4 days - Great Idea! I'm actually very afraid of taking her out into the sun, as I sit here and type I can actually feel it getting burned through 2 feet of concrete hooch ceiling. I called Cole on skype - he saw the dew and can't wait for me to get home and hook him up. We'll see what the momma bear has to say about that.

Why men don't put sunblock on other men

You might think that the sunburn hurts - and you'd be right. But what hurts even more is the coral reef road rash on top of the sunburn. I got that little treat during the tide shift on my swim back in from double reef. It's like having a sunburn then taking a cheese grater to it...mmm good. So I'll get to the reason I've titled this why men don't put sunblock on other men... You see I actually did have a fella use some Skin and Scalp 30SPF spray block that Jen mailed me out here. It may actually look like there was no thought of protecting the old dermis but in fact, the stuff is actually superb at protecting the dome and everywhere else on my pasty body with the exception of the one place I had my bud hook me up. If you blow the picture up you can actually see that it made contact with me skin in a couple places - you know the places that don't look like imminent skin cancer. It's times like now that I truly appreciate Jen's block application skills. I sometimes wonder if the awkward feel of some dude applying block would be worth it to avoid times like these...no, I'll deal with it.