Deep Blue View News:

Tweetie is driving us nuts again. Every morning when we open the porch door she takes the opportunity to come in right away. We have no clue why she does that because she does not start building a nest anywhere inside. I think she does it just to play us. We frequently have to duck again and you almost hear her giggle when flying by…… I brought out the recipe book again and opened it on the chapter birds – maybe she gets the hint one of these days…..Just to make it look serious from our side Esther prepares chicken drum-sticks for this weeks BBQ evening…… Let’s see….. I just happen to notice I did not hear her giggle anymore this morning…… HA! 

The new boat is going great. We did not do the 3-tanks Washington Slagbaai Park trip just yet. That also had to do with the extreme windy conditions we had lately. Since over a month now the winds are above 22 knots almost every day with peaks to over 28 knots. That’s nuts!!! I am sure the boat can relatively easy handle these winds and the waves that come with that wind, but, it is somewhat uncomfortable for the divers so we decided to await better days. According Winguru the wind will drop in about 3 days. Sadly that is the forecast for the last month, so I kind of lost faith in that site….. We’ll see. Klein Bonaire is nice too!! 

To promote boat diving we temporary offer a free two-tank boat dive when reserving our shore dive-package. For the divers who make their reservations for one of the packages that include boat dives already we offer a free upgrade to the use of Nitrox (if certified!). These free upgrades are only valid for a Saturday / Saturday stay and can only be booked in the month March 2010 but it does not matter when your stay is.

My Fat Tire stock is running out. I received so much of those great beers lately (thanks to all of you dear smugglers out there!) that I had to monitor the expiration date closely and even had to drink them faster then I liked (yep, right!). Coming from the restaurant business sometimes has some advantages; I still remembered the FIFO system and that came in quite handy!! 

The Carnival week was a lot of fun. Erika participated in the parade and really enjoyed herself. It was a nice and colourful parade this year and the atmosphere was great downtown. Even the hugh Cruise Ship docked did not ruin the atmosphere during the big Sunday afternoon parade. It was actually quite funny, it seemed as if a few uuuhhh… stay nice now…. eehhh …. as if a few quite obese and extremely white folks where dressed up like Cruise Ship passengers. Not participating in the parade gave them away – they where not dressed up; They where for real!  

That’s all for now. Stay warm up there or come warm up here……