Saturday on Seal

On Saturday, August 14^th, Cary and Karen from Seal (another boat) invited us to head out to Enemanet, an island a few miles away from the hustle and bustle of the Majuro metropolis.  It kind of reminds me of the Kwaj’s Bigej island.  It’s just a nice place to go and spend the day.  Plus this one has little covered patios, BBQ pits, kayaks to use, and a little dock with a diving board and a slide.

Enemanet Island

Jer and I decided to go while Paul and TC stayed to work on Cherokee projects.

We leisurely sailed up there along with a few other “crew,” including some World Teach teachers.  (If you guys haven’t heard about World Teach, you should check it out.  I have total respect for these teachers.  It’s a tough job.)  One is going to be here on Majuro, but the other is heading out to Mili Atoll (farther south) on Monday.

Snorkeling was nice.  It was nice to actually swim around since we haven’t been doing much swimming in the lagoon here. I saw a small eel and lots of fish.  As soon as we got out of the water, it started to POUR, which was just fine since we used that as our freshwater rinse.  Plus, the sun did come back out after a while.

We had a BBQ with tons of yummy food – chicken, hot dogs, potato salad, rice, pasta salad, hummus, smoked salmon (a couple on another boat had just returned from Alaska), and warm chocolate cake. 

Then we wandered around the island.  We saw many pigs - little pigs, medium pigs, and very big pigs.  The pigs, chickens, and dogs would duke it out for picnic leftovers.  The chickens had the advantage of being able to jump up on the table to get at our food.

There were so many pigs on Enamanet.

Karen showed us this massive tree.  It has to be ancient.  It was so big, I couldn’t get a picture of the whole thing with my little point-and-shoot. 

Behind Jer is just the trunk of the tree.  There were so many huge branches.

Happy Brother and Sister.  I already miss that kid!