As always, we just had a blast. Many people were down the same time as us from before. Kevin and Debbi, Ivan and Kathleen, and of course my new good friends, David, Janet, and their sweet daughter, Sara. Kathi the diving machine did her 10th and 11th dive on the Windjammer. She had to do it by boat now that BOPAC has closed down the shore entries. Of course, that dive is not even in my venacular.

We did a nice double tanker with Tish on New Year's Eve Day. We did Pink Beach and Vista Blue. It was very nice indeed.

As always, I enjoyed the company from the states, and my good buddy Lutty from Divi, who makes the best Cacciatore in the western world. Thanks again to all my friends who helped to make this another trip to Bonaire that keeps us coming back there.

Hi, who did Kathi do her Windjammer dives "with" I have been trying to work out a dive with Rek-Tek but they seem ify.

Mike, it was a private guy on Bonaire that we have known for years. He has his own boat. I would feel funny putting his name on a board without his permission. Personally, I don't think human beings should even do that dive. It's just too deep.

James, isn't Lutty just the best?? He is one of the reasons my family and I miss Bonaire so much. I have a few pieces of his jewelry - very nice.
Denise

Jim, tell Kathi congratulations...and that she's gone where I will never go...lol! Glad you had a good and relaxing trip, ready for the "kiddies?"

Mike, Walt III, who is with RecTek Scuba is a number one guy...they go deep, but they go safe...

Yes Denise, Lutty is for sure the real deal. He has even been up our house and stayed. He does a lot of business with jewlers on our famous Samson St. in Philadelphia. They actually do the casting work for him. I have been down there with him and it is fascinating. I have a few of his designs that I have to get down there for him.

When I come to Bonaire, I bring down hot Italian sausage. I do all the prep work and Lutty does the cooking. We make a cacciatore with chicken, mushrooms, garlic, white wine, and a whole lot of other good stuff that is incredible. We have been friends for many years, and our relationship just keeps getting stronger. We are actually thinking about going into business with each other, as I will be retiring next year.

James, good luck if you do get to get into a busines relationship with Lutty. He is great.

Big siggghhhh, wish we were able to go to Bonaire in the foreseeable future - eventually :-)

Denise, tomorrow Kathi and I are going into town to drop off Lutty's creative designs to the guys on Samson St. If anyone on Bonaire, or going to Bonaire, likes jewelry, you should really see some of Lutty's designs.

Kathi has a really cool set of flamingo earings from Lutty's store at the Divi. She also has a necklace of Bonaire that she wears quite frequently. Some people look at it and go, "Wow, you must really love Florida." They just don't understand. LOL