Hurricane Dean claims first victim on Utila

My first dive this morning was canceled.  I spent the night dreaming of Whale Sharks and all I got in the morning was bad weather and a canceled drive trip.  I have had a hard time finding a place to upload my photos so I can’t show you but the docks are empty and all the boats to and from the mainland have stopped their trips.  It has been raining off and on today.  Hopfully Dean in all his fury will have passed us by and tomorrow I can do some diving.  Dean should pass far north of us and we should just be getting some weather, nothing severe.  Although there has been a general run on the gorcery stores for basic food stuffs.

Utila is amazing.  Beautiful beaches, clear water, and generally no responsability.  Very appealing.  We found a cheap dive shop that has an attached hotel.  Josh is doing his open water diver certification and I am just waiting until the weather clears to get into the water.  The food is amazing and life is good.  We found a movie rental place and rented Pirates of the Carribean to weather out the rain tonight; fitting.  Utila was home to some of the first British priates that settled in the region.  It was also the home of Robinson Crusoe when his ship wrecked off the coast.

Even though the diving was canceled and we are going to be getting some weather from Dean it has been amazing here on the Island.  The water is warm and life is beautiful.