a rainy day at the beach

We went to $2 beach on one of the rainiest days we've had in weeks. When Clif handed the lady the money to use the beach, she looked up at the sky, looked at us, and shook her head. I'm sure she was thinking we were crazy palagis.

But it had been raining since Ruth got here and we figured we'd be wet anyway. We just needed to find a beach with fales to keep the towels dry. So we went to $2. It's a nice little beach on the East side of the island, just past Alega (Tisa's). There's a great little snorkel spot to the right of the little island that always has needlefish somewhere nearby. When I first headed out, I was surrounded by a circle of them that moved as I moved. I love how they stay close by, but are always just out of reach - there's nothing else like it. We also saw a bunch of cornetfish, which was especially fun since some of them were huge!

As an added bonus, we were able to get some pictures of Clif's favorite type of dog on the island. There are tons of dogs here, most are mangy and malnourished. It's pretty appalling. There are really just a few different patterns on the dogs here, and most tend to be similar in size and shape (small gene pool on a small island, go figure). There's a lot more I could say about the dog situation here, but I'll leave it at that for now -actually, I won't. I'll leave it to the Court to explain. Go to asbar.org, click legal resources, and search for Savage v. ASG, 1 ASR2d 102. It paints a pretty accurate picture of the dog problem here.

Anyway, Clif's favorite look on these island dogs, and probably my favorite too, are these that are white with brindled spots - pretty cool, huh?