I wrote this post from Palau, but didn’t have fast internet to post it.

Hello!

I’m in Palau! It’s pouring rain here (there’s a tropical storm passing though) but I’m glad to be here! I had a nice few days in Guam where Randall and I got Nitrox certified (so we can breathe higher percentages of oxygen while diving and stay down longer at a given depth). We also decided to buy our own SCUBA gear (the stuff we didn’t already have) since the price was right and we’re planning on going diving a ton in the next month.

We went on 4 dives in one day in Guam (part of the deal for buying our own gear was a discount). On the dives we saw lots of fish, a shark, and 2 octopi! One of the octopi was really cool because it changed colors when it moved to camoflage with the rock. We saw lots of Lion fish on one dive– they were really pretty. I also saw an eel.

The past 2 days we’ve been relaxing indoors because of all the rain. We’re hoping it will clear up soon so we can enjoy the beach and go diving!!

So far I finished the back of the Cabled Cardigan on the plane ride from Houston to Narita (Tokyo — a 12 hour 45 min flight) and I finished one RPM sock in Socks that Rock Moss Agate (started on the same flight — these 3 photos were taken in the Narita airport —

and finished in a hotel lobby protected from the tropical storm rain and wind). I started some lace from a German pattern (in same lobby) but I messed up so I ripped it all out when we got back to our bungalow. With all the traveling and now all the rain, I’m getting some good knitting time in!! (although I haven’t knit on the beach yet– too wet and windy).

You can see there was some pretty major pooling in the gusset…