Bonaire Adventures's Blog

Sorry it has been so long…..

Michelle Walker — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:27:46 +0000

Ryan and I are finally moved into our new rental house. Tiny now weighs 40 lbs and is 4 months old. Ryan and I started hanging our artwork tonight. It is starting to feel like home.

Ryan has started his business. It is called Ion Ray Systems. He is supporting Mac’s, web production etc to Bonaire. His website is still a work in progress.

I am still at Belmar and I love it. I have also continued Lush Body Bar as a business. I hope to start producing product very soon.
This past weekend I catered a wedding for my boss. The party was for 110 people and it transported me back in time to my catering days. Ryan helped pull me out of the weeds! We had a great time and everyone loved with the food. I will update again very soon with more pictures.. Hope everyone is doing well.

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Invisibles Dive Site

Michelle Walker — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:46:42 +0000

Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone. Ryan, myself and our friend Annie went diving at invisibles today. Invisibles is located at the south end of the island. Our mission was to find a frogfish and to kill lionfish. We did find our frogfish, but I missed the lionfish and he got away with a fairy basslet hanging out of its mouth. We also saw 3 turtles, swimming eels and a octopus. Needless to say this has become one of our favorite dives. Ryan used our digital camera today. I hope you enjoy the photos.

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Seru Largu

Michelle Walker — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:55:00 +0000

Bon Siman,

We spent Happy Hour Saturday night in Seru Largu. We could see both the east coast and west coast of the island as well as Curacao… The sunset was beautiful!

On sunday we went diving at Belmar and found a frogfish and a few other creatures. Hope everyone has a great week! Friday we bring Tiny home for a few weeks, before we head to San Francisco. Looking forward to the trip!

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Tiny comes home next week

macdesktops — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:03:58 +0000

Looks like Tiny will be coming home for a couple weeks before our journey north. He and his siblings are waddling around the yard these days. We had a nice long visit with them Monday. They received their vaccinations today, so we won’t see Tiny again until we pick him up next Friday. We saw our first green flash last week and our second one on Monday. I tried to capture a photo each time but missed the timing on each.
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Crown Ridge 23 and another Tiny update

Michelle Walker — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:39:08 +0000

Hello All

Ryan and I have had a great couple of days off. Jim, Mimi, Tom and Lisa were here for vacation and we got a chance to catch up. Great to see you guys!! We also celebrated the purchase of our new lot. It is located near Andrea I at Crown Ridge 23. Hopefully, we will begin construction sometime in the near future. Ryan and I also spent a little quality time with the newest addition to our family. Ryan and I are looking forward to our visit to San Francisco at the end of February.

I am still working at Buddy Dive and will gain more boat experience this week! Looking forward to the challenge. Ryan has started his own consulting business here on the island. He has a couple of projects in the works and this is keeping him busy.

Hope all is well with everyone

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Salt Pier Night Dive

Michelle Walker — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:46:46 +0000

I had a group of divers at the Salt Pier last night. The Salt Pier has amazing pillars with lots of coral formations and fun creatures to find. Ryan joined us and was able to capture great photographs. We are looking forward to enjoying our two days off together. We hope you enjoy the photos. Have a great Sunday!

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The puppies are growing fast!

Michelle Walker — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 02:32:40 +0000

Bon Siman!

We went by for our weekly visit today. They are already walking and barking. We will bring our little one home at the beginning of March. We are sitting around listening to the complete Beatles Collection that Ryan purchased with his Itunes christmas gift cards- Thanks to his Dad and Susanne! Hope everyone is having a great week.

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New Addition to our family and Salt Pier Dive

Michelle Walker — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:47:28 +0000

Hi All,

Happy New Year! We enjoyed our first new years on bonaire. The fireworks started about a week before new years and hopefully everyone ran out of fireworks as of last night! . We spent the last two days diving and relaxing.We dove The Lake and the Salt Pier.

My boss’s italian mastiff had puppies about a week ago, so we are adding to our family. We have not picked a name for him yet, but he is adorable! We hope everyone had a great new year’s. We are looking forward to the guests we will be having this year!

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Lunar Eclipse

Michelle Walker — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 01:07:41 +0000

Hi All

Many of you were able to enjoy the Lunar Eclipse this morning. Ryan and I went outside around 1:30 and stayed until 5 am. He got some amazing photos.

All is well here. We are having a low key christmas. The sun has finally returned to Bonaire. Ryan and I enjoyed Sorobon Beach on Sunday and hope to get some diving in this weekend. We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Bon Noche

Michelle Walker — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:46:24 +0000

Ryan and I recently moved and were without internet for a few weeks, so please pardon the lack of posts. We are settled in closer to downtown and so far we love it. We are within walking distance to restaurants and night life and being able to walk to everything is great. Ryan is working hard on a few programming projects and I have been instructing many courses, so we are keeping busy. Life is good! We have had a lot of rain lately, which has dampened our days off, so diving for fun or bike riding has been on hold. Now the sun is shining and we hope for better weather in December and get back into the things we love to do.

Today I went diving at Forest a dive site off the coast of Klein Bonaire. It is one of my favorites. Lots of beautiful coral and fish. I got a great couple of shots of French Angel fish eating pineapple. They also love watermelon. As soon as we tied to the mooring they appeared. They are a little spoiled! Click to view slideshow.

Ryan and I are heading to the West Coast at the end of February. We hope to see as many of you as we can while we are in town. We now having a habitable guest room, so start thinking of when you want to come and visit.