Hello from Roatan!

Josh, Ashlee, Sarah & Jennifer riding water taxi

This is our home for the week!

After a long day of adventures in Toronto yesterday, we were up bright and early at 4 o’clock this morning for our flight.  We got to Dallas no problem and shortly after we were off to Roatan. When we got to Roatan, there was no terminal to get off rather a set of stairs that dropped us right onto the runway. We waited in line to go through customs and then we were off to Anthony’s Key.

When we arrived at Anthony’s Key, we registered and ate a quick lunch. The food they have here is delicious. Our choices for lunch were tilapia with rice or salads. After eating lunch, we retired to our rooms to get into some clothes more appropriate for the heat here in Roatan. The group then wandered down to the boat taxi which took us on a quick ride to Anthony’s Key.
We walked to the other end of the key where we had our first snorkel experience. Mr. Dole took us around the perimeter of the key and we saw so many cool creatures. We saw a spiny lobster, christmas tree worm, spaghetti worm, and Mrs. Brosnick even found a banded coral shrimp that she pointed out to us. We also saw lots of vase coral and brain coral. There were sharp-nose pufferfish everywhere, lots of different kinds of parrotfish and I even found a lionfish, which are an invasive species to the Caribbean.

They have a long day planned for us tomorrow! We get our first encounter with the dolphins and we are visiting Maya Key.

-Ashlee Hohman

P.S Hope everything is good at home, love and miss you mom and dad… and Scott too.