pea crabs

A few weeks ago, J and I made a run to the grocery store. We purchased a variety of meats, poultry, fish and shellfish. One night, J decided to make mussels for dinner. He steamed the mussels and made a delicious spicy sauce to go with it. About halfway through our romantic dinner, I noticed that one of the sides of the mussel that I was about to consume was split open and something didn't look right. I start to get a little panicky and asked J to come look it at. He knows that I tend to freak out over nothing so, without looking it at, he said it's fine and to just eat the mussel. That did not put me at ease so I began probing at this little alien looking thing that was hanging out in my dinner.

Turns out it was a pea crab all curled up like this:

Yea, I know. I was freaking out because I had already eaten 7 or 8 mussels at that point. Guh. I thought for sure it was just a fluke and decided to continue eating. That was until I found another pea crab all spread out and comfy like so:

And I was done.

two lovers point

My summary of the legend of Two Lovers Point - Daughter from a wealthy family. Dad arranges marriage to powerful Spanish captain. Daughter gets mad & runs to beach. Daughter meets modest warrior on beach, they fall in love. Dad finds out and is all "you're getting married to this captain right now." Daughter runs away again to meet her lover. Father, captain & Spanish soldiers pursue the lovers to the edge of a cliff.  

Then, according to legend, "the lovers tied their long black hair into a single knot.  And acting as if they were entirely alone, they looked deeply into each other's eyes and kissed for the final time.  Then they leaped over the long, deep cliff into the roaring waters below."

Here are some photos from our trip to Two Lovers Point: 

This was the drive up. J kept saying that it looked like we were driving through Jurassic Park. 

This is the overlook on the edge of a cliff

Another view of the overlook. Pics from the overlook will be coming up!

There were many, many love locks 

Exhibit A

view from left of the overlook

view from the overlook.

I didn't realize this when I took the picture but do you see the face?

my favorite pic of the day

There was also a random 9/11 memorial. The World Trade Center Towers are represented in the top of the frame, with the Pentagon in the forefront, and then trees in the middle representing Flight 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania. 

There was also a chapel on the grounds which I'm assuming had the same view as the overlook. It was gated so this was the closest we could get. 

We took the Jeep off road on the way home :) 

a bad plan

A couple weekends ago, J & I walked to a bar near our house. We had been to this bar before with some friends and we had had a great time. On this night, we walked into the bar at 11pm. There were TWO people in the bar and the bartender was sitting on a stool in the corner watching Friends on the tvs. Hopping place. We didn't want our late night walk to be in vain so we decided to stay and play pool. We ordered some drinks and started our pool game. In the middle of the game, we decided it was too quiet & J put $5 in the jukebox & it started playing our songs right away. After about five songs, the bartender apparently felt like we were bogarting the jukebox so she comes out from behind the bar, puts money in the jukebox, and hijacks our playlist. It wouldn't have been so obvious except the song she played was like death metal and she started head banging behind the bar. Ooookay. It's not like the music we were playing was bad (J picked most of it.) It was just so weird.

Around this time, J was getting hungry. Since there weren't any restaurants nearby, we were trying to find a pizza place to deliver to us at the bar. Guam is not very up to date with putting information on the internet nor with social media. I used some sort of app to search for nearby pizza & it showed me results for pizza in Arizona. Awesome. I know what you're thinking: user error. I promise you, I am very internet savvy & we couldn't find anything. Or I think we did find one place but they closed at 11pm. I believe it was around 11:45pm at this point.

We decided to walk. In search of food. In the opposite direction of the house. Maybe about 20 minutes in, we decided to stop at a convenient store for snacks & then we continued on our journey. Another 20-30 minutes later, we found a restaurant that was open 24 hours. Let me tell you something, I don't care how hungry you are or how intoxicated you are, ordering & eating something called "mayonnaise chicken" is NEVER A GOOD PLAN.

Engrish

Your waist stinks. 

what?! I'm leaving this island right now!

snea snakes aka sea snakes

I am incapable of saying sea snakes. I can only say snea snakes.

J & I took our dog to the beach last weekend. She loves the beach and the water. She swims around like a little beaver. Because she likes to swim, she is usually the reason that I get in the water. I walk far enough out with her so that she can swim. Well, the water was particularly clear on this day so I felt somewhat comfortable walking into waste deep water. So J & I are standing there watching the dog swim around, I look down and see a brown and white pattern skirting along the bottom near our feet. I turn away and say, "Oh jeez, I think that's a snake!" J looks down and says, "It's fine, honey. It's just a palm frond." For those of you playing along at home, a palm frond is just a fancier way of saying a palm tree branch. J then takes my hand and walks me and our dog toward shore. I think nothing else of it.

Later on that night, while we were having dinner, J tells me that what I saw was totally a sea snake. He just didn't want me to freak out. Smart man. Very, very smart man.

exploring the south side

J & I went exploring last weekend & drove around the southern part of the island. It's very scenic. We stopped once for pictures but I plan on going back to some of the overlooks for more pics. Here's a sample:

It's kinda hard to tell but the sand is actually black.

Oh hey, someone set up an office for me. Random spot for a desk.