Spring arrives here just in time for the big bike races. Every year we’ve attended those races — Covid notwithstanding — you could either note the difference from the day before or, literally and seriously, during one of the two races themselves. This year’s iterations of the Little 500 take place on April 22nd and 23rd. And the spring series is underway, a whole bunch of smaller bike contests meant to determine qualifications and starting positions, and I guess spring is getting antsy, because we hit … 61 degrees today.
People were saying “You have to get outside! It’s beautiful!” And I said, we’re in an anomalous moment of a place with poor weather patterns and you’re missing the real takeaway.
That being it took until April 4th to get into the 60s.
There’s a lot of Stockholm Syndrome that goes into something like that. Warm winter, cold spring, and finally, finally respectable weather. What a weird phenomenon.
Also, I have not seen any robins yet. You usually see one or two here. Maybe it’s a migratory pattern issue. The bullfrogs have made their triumphant return, and the bike races, which really mean spring, are still two weeks away. Anything could happen.
There is presently snow in the forecast for Friday. Back home, they’re looking at 70s for the weekend.
The weather was lovely in Cozumel two weeks ago! Let’s see a few more of the neat views from under the sea.
The queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) is really one of those specimens that comes to mind when I think “Shoe designers should all get their inspiration from reef diving.” You know this would be popular at the gym.
Be careful you do not get pinched by the Carribean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus).
More cool reef shots.
This would be a good time to say that one of the productive things I did this weekend was update the front of the website. Go check out the new art!
Isn’t that beautiful? And there will be more to add there as we work through the rest of these photos.
Meanwhile, enjoy this blue tang (Acanthurus coeruleus). You know that’s a running shoe or a basketball shoe color scheme waiting to happen. These guys live up to 20 years, which is better than any sneaker you’ve ever bought.
Hard to mistake the stoplight parrotfish (Sparisoma viride) for anything else. They can get up to two feet long.
If you turned to look away, this rock and coral formation would move closer to you. It always looked that menacing.
How many living things are in this photo, do you think? (There are three tiny patches of sand, but everything else in this photo is alive.)
These delicate little blue coral vases became one of my favorite sights this trip. So delicate, so intricate, so beautiful.
And we floated above it all.
Drift-diving Cozumel is a great experience. Please pay no attention as I am pricing out airline tickets for my next dive trip.
