Hi Mary,

Even as a living/guest room that apartment is way too small. If I have to fit into that size I may as well buy a sailboat to live on... hmmm, not a bad idea.

My parents have already shipped me the part. They sent it priority mail so I wonder how long that will take to get here. Thanks for the offer.

I was out on my bike by 6:30 this morning. I thought I'd head over towards Gab Gab but security was erecting barriers at the head of the access road so I continued down the hill to the marina. I made a swing in to the parking lot for the museum to take a closer look at the midget submarine they have displayed there. Then I noticed a road that I thought would lead to San Luis Beach so I headed in that direction. The road led me out to a causeway with ocean on one side and swamp on the other. Halfway out I found that security had been there before me and I could go no further.

I stopped to take in my surroundings. I was looking out over most of Apra Harbor. The shore showed evidence of some sort of structure, a dock or quay that had been built of steel and concrete a long time ago. This part of Orote Peninsula was once the landing site for the big ocean crossing passenger seaplanes and I may have been looking at the passenger terminal.

The water was broken but a shoal of tiny silver fish leaping free of the water, obviously escaping some predator. Nearer a large crab scuttled along some weed covered steel hunting for its own breakfast.

On the other side was a marshy grassy area. There was open water near the road. At first I thought it must be tidal but the water is the dark brown of marsh water, not the clear sea water from the other side of the causeway. I could see little fish swimming in the shallows near where I stood and evidence of larger fish breaking the surface farther out.

Now I am going to try to find American Music and Shimbros Music, two of the three stores on the island that sell musical instruments. Wish me luck. I tried calling but got no answer and no answering machine. As with so many other businesses one or both of them may have been wiped out by Typhoon Pongsana.