Hump Day today!

Good Morning Everyone. I miss the reef cam. Everyday is a day closer to the new one.

I have coffee and breakfast/lunch for all.

Good morning,

Have some coffee and just think, we are another closer to the new web cam location.

Morning Eileen,
Thanks for coffee :o) do you have toasts or muffins and marmelade ? I need a break :o)
Have a nice day.

Hi guys

Thanks for coffees etc

Am rushing and leaving the house right nooooowwwww

I am still alive and here

Hello John, Martine and Jenni! I have everything you need Martine for your break!

I am visiting my parents today. It looks like it will be another nice day out.

Mandy is out.

I hope everyone has a nice day today!

Good Morning/Buenos Dias/Bon Jour Eileen, John, Martine, Jenni. Thanks for the coffee and munchies.

It rain like crazy as I left work yesterday and today is a little cloudy

Mary, I hope you are feeling better today. I read how the accident happen, scary but nice to find out that people are willing to help and that you are ok.

Cynde, hope you guys didn't have any more "shakes", it feels strange and scary. I am used to them since in Costa Rica we have quite a few trimers (sp) - earthquakes will from 6 and up.

Eileen, enjoy the time with your parents.

Jenni, donde has estado? Te he extranado. Hope all is ok.

And hello/hola to all who will check-in later. Keep smiling

Annie, how is your eye? Hope is a little better, it will take like 3-4 days to clear.

Elvira. It is more red today, but not too bad thank you. I just bathe it like I said before, and try not to rub it. Funny how this happened to both of us. Annie B.

Hi to everyone else. Hope you all have a good day.

Annie, yes it gets more red and then it starts to fade. I am sure by the weekend it will be better.
Take it easy!

Thanks Elvira. I could get a job in a vampire movie right now. LMHO. Annie B.

I don't want to speak too soon, but my gremlin hasn't shown it's face to me today. I wonder if we have finally beaten it, or whether it is still lurking somewhere. Usually, it has popped up by now. Fingers crossed everybody.

Good morning everyone,

After yesterday what a beautiful day.



Jake: Thank you, happy to help

Hello guys and girls!
Mary- hope you still are ok today after the accident. Sorry to read about the car, though.
Cynde- wish you an earthquake free day today .
Elvira and Annie- hope the redness of your eyes will soon be vanished
Annie, I will keep my fingers crossed for the hidden gremlin, that it will be gone from your computer
I miss the reef cam
A boat:


I'll have to say goodbye, going for a dive this evening and need to fill up my tank.
Have a great day all!

PS Martine, nice to read your game description of Holland against Germany. I did not watch the game (don't like soccer, frustration during my youth). But I did hear the result on the news and could give the numbers to Ruud (still in Hawaii)

Hello everyone!!!
Annie - happy to hear that your computer Trojan has not shown up again - keeping my fingers crossed that you have beat it!!! Hope your eye gets better soon!!

Diana - hope you have a great dive!!!

Elvira - feeling less sore today than yesterday - just a tender spot on my shoulder and head where I hit them - nothing bad - just a bruise!!!

Cams are very quiet today - No boats, no waves, no people!!!: Now would be the time for people to visit the street cam!!!LOL!!

Mary, glad you are doing better. And I know, it is too quite and it looks so beautiful out there.

Diana, thanks for asking about my eye is it is normal now. Enjoy the diving. When is your husband getting back?

Hi Kevin!

Good afternoon everyone!! (and good morning to those on the west coast!!)

Glad you're doing better, Mary.
What's shakin', Cynde? Hopefully nothin'. ;-) (I'm sorry, couldn't resist)
I hope things are improving for you Martine, and that you'll be able to enjoy some wogga soon.
Eileen, I hope your day with Quinn and your parents is enjoyable.

vroooommmm

Morning all...still here! LOL! Yesterday's quake was one of the strongest we have felt in a long time, so of course, everyone was a bit jilted by it and caused quite the commotion in the office!

OK, I'm STILL seeing the blue blank screen on the reefcam...according to this Wally's da Man the new cabinet for the severs at the new location for the cams should be on it's way to Bonaire!

But maybe someone is diving????

We've got some activity on the North cam.

Hi! I'm new here.. was directed here from one of my diving lists.. I love the webcams, very cool! I read through a lot of the msgs in various sections, but can't figure out the command/process to post the pics.. how can I do that?

Thanks!

-Shelley

Hi shelly, welcome. You can post pictures up to 50Kb by typing the following: \image{description}
In the next screen you get a browse screen to find and upload the picture. See for more info the formatting link (or look here)

Welcome Shelley!!! Glad you found us.

Posting is pretty easy, once you get the hang of it. There are all kinds of tips under Formatting at the bottom of this page. To post pics, type in the following, without any spaces: \ image {name}. You'll be prompted to upload your picture. Just keep in mind that only pics from the webcams are allowed on this page, and only smileys, no gif's. (I'm gif-challenged, so that's not a problem for me )

Hi Shelley,

At the bottom of the page you will see a bunch if icons in blue, click on the one that says "formatting" and you will find all the instructions.

Oh yes, welcome to the absolute best group of people you will ever chat with and the best webcams in the known universe. Especially once the reefcam is back in operation.

Thanks Martin.. I of course figured it out right after I posted that -- doh!!

Some streetcam activity today too:




Now I just need to figure out how to include more than one pic per post..

-Shelley

Shelley, just list them all in a row:
\image...\image...

Gee, hardly get to peek in this week..long thread yesterday...glad to hear that everyone is safe! Looks like a little surf over the reef there!

Hope you're all having a good afternoon...hope to peek in more tomorrow but it's awfully busy here!

Shelly, it's simple, just repeat \image{description} as often as you need it. But please keep the postings small, so people with a slow internet connection can enjoy the pages as well.

Like Lisa mentioned, on the webcams pages you can only post webcam pictures. If you have other nice pictures (or animated gifs) you can use the Community chat pages. Remember you may not post files with a copyright (i.e. Disney pictures)

Action out back

Ok.. let's try this:

Looks like the move has begun.

GMTA Shelley!! Nice job posting those pics. Looks like you're getting the hang of it. I warn you, it gets addicting.

Shelley...welcome to the nuthouse!!! Hey, that dark haired gal is Niki! Hi Niki!!!

Shelley, the cams are being moved in the next few weeks. They will all go dark this Sunday (June 20th) and will re-appear the first week of July (hopefully that soon). Bonaire WebCams Moving!

They will be at the Eden Beach Resort, Bongo's Beach Bar, and WannaDive Dive op!

Cynde You are correct... HI NIKI, please wave at us!!!!

Shelley!! WELCOME TO BT!!!! and it looks like you have the hang of posting now!!! Lisa is correct it is addicting. It will be more so - once the reef cam is up and running in its new location!!!

Looks like furniture is starting to be moved to Jake's new place!!!

There is a gang at the street cams right now!!!! And Mandy is getting some petting too!!!LOL!!!

Cynde - thanks for the ID - I was wondering who the dark haired lady was - forgot the Niki was going to help with the move!!!
Mandy is now left alone!!!! She looks forlorn!!!

Shelley welcome!!! It is addicted

I wish I was there

WAHHHH I am going to miss seeing the kids and the animals and Jake and Linda!!!!!! WAHHHHHHHH

Elvira, isn't that Dolye in the 15:32 pic???? HI DOYLE!!!!

Mandy looks sad...



ReefCam - Current UW Temp: 98.4°F (36.9°C)

Do you really think the underwater temp is 98.4F?????? The land temp on the home page is showing 87.7F....hmmmm????

Freddie - I was just thinking that too!!! It has been strange not seeing the dogs - and now we won't be able to track the kids growing up or see Mandy sitting as s sentry on the post - just waiting for a visitor to pet her!!!!

oops! This is what I meant!


ReefCam - Current UW Temp: 98.4°F (36.9°C)

Do you really think the underwater temp is 98.4F?????? The land temp on the home page is showing 87.7F....hmmmm????

Cynde, I think that is Doyle. Check your email.
If that is him - finally - yeah

Cynde - thanks for the ID of Niki. I couldn't remember who was down there and forgot to check the list.

I noticed the UW temp yesterday and just scratched my head in wonder. Where could the sensor be.... LOL. Did it go with the cam for inspection?

Cynde - that is the first I noticed the strange water temp!!! The sensor must have been moved topside when the cam was taken out of the water!!!

Here is the 15:32 lightened!!!

Elvira - is it Doyle!?!?!

I noticed this morning that the temp said 83°F, so I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me yesterday.

I agree, I'm going to miss seeing the family and the animals. But ... we'll have a different kind of animal to watch at the bar.

Yes, that's Doyle!!!! (I know, I'm not Elvira, but I met Doyle when she came to PR to visit Rafa)

Mary - That is Doyle the one that is pointing!!!!

YEAH finally got to see him, miss him
I am so excited!!!!!

Thanks for making the picture clear.

Hi Doyle!!! Nice finally seeing you on the cams!!

Hi Doyle!!!!!

Elvira - who else is with him?

Thanks for saying hello him, I'll let him know.

The people with him are his roommates. Dean, Angela and TC - nice people.

Hola Mr. D !!!!!

It's about time we saw Mr. Doyle... been watching and waiting!!! Elvira, I bet you wish you were there.... but I bet he misses you a bunch!!

It is a nice feeling finally seeing Mr. D on the cams, hopefully he or they come back again.
And yes - I wish I was there

Just asked Jake. The water sensor is sitting in a bucket of water on the beach which accounts for the temp fluctuation. And for all you little kids out there, this is why we do not leave live crabs in water buckets at the beach.

Linda, thanks for the report...hmmm...do you really think that a child would leave a live crab at the beach in the heat??? Are they edible? "Guess what's for dinner honey!"

Elvira, I'm glad Dyole decided to show his mug for us Now everyone else knows what he looks like I bet you do miss him

And with a big smile I am saying good night/buenas noches to all. Have a relaxing night. See you in the morning.

I haven't left yet !!

Linda, thanks for the info. Leaving live crabs on the beach - very toastie (sp). Hopefully no one will do this but.......

Cynde, the answer is yes and glad that he showed up.Hopefully he'll do it again w/maybe the whole group. I bet he is having a great time!!!

Ok - I am now going home.

Waaaagh!! I missed all the action. My gremlin came back, so spent all night trying to get shot of him again. So far so good again.
Annie B.

Well even though I'm a new visitor here, from reading through past messages, seeing past webcam pics posted, and viewing the soon-to-be moved cams, I can say I'm very saddened that they are in fact moving. I guess it's better than them going totally off.

I have a feeling I'm going to have to go diving at Bonaire ASAP..

-Shelley

Hi Shelley, and welcome to BT. We are all a little saddened, but also pleased that the cams will be kept alive in their new locations. It's the end of one era but the beginning of another. Annie B.

How wonderful this is.

Wonderful Sunset! Annie B and Elvira, I hope your eyes are better soon! Mary, I hope you feel better soon too!

Thank-you everyone, I did have a nice day with my parents. They live out more in the country and it is very peaceful there. I mowed the lawn for my dad so he could have a break.

Welcome Shelly!

Ok.. this is a little scary.. it looks like a big sea monster's eyes!
/image

oops.. here it is

Cool shot Shelley! Two eyes in the dark.

I especially like the 18:54 sunset shot! Wish I were there......

Eileen - have your folks moved closer to you?

Welcome Shelley, Hi Everyone Else. Work is crazy busy this time of year so I don't get a chance to follow what's going on or post much but in the evening I love to catch up on the days activities. What a beautiful day today on Bon



Thanks for all the great captures and chatter.

No Gail, my parents have not moved yet, they probably will not start the search again for another couple of years. My sister though, is moving into her home next week!!!!

Welcome Shelly, a fellow Ohioan!!! I am from Newark, about 30 miles east of you ! Woo Hoo !

To add some eye-witness details to an old thread:

I'm impressed you could identify me up there loading up our truck for one of the first loads being moved to the new house. I did send you guys a web cam message, but none of you apparently noticed it.

I arrived at 11:06am and left at 14:54pm. What were we doing in all that time?

At 13:38 I provided an explanation:

I Packed 80 Wine Glasses

I'm holding one in my right hand. I didn't drop it as I wobbled out in the heat over the coral rubble to the beach cam!

What was Bob doing all that time? Answer: he was unlucky enough to come down with the flu right after we got there, so I was kicking around on my own, available to pack boxes for Linda and Jake and even for Yana.

Speaking of Doyle, above, I had a fun time meeting him and chatting at Gibi's at the BT dinner.

(Typo -- I meant 13:58 and 14:00)

Niki, what...no wogga wogga in those 80 wine glasses???!!! LOL. Great capture! Carole

Poor Bob ,
but you got to give him this : if you are going to be ill ; better at Bonaire than at home

Btw , Niki , are you sure you were not "packing" 80 glasses of wine ???

mmmmmhhhhh, quick math:
80 x 0,2liter/glass = 16 liter
16 liter x 0,7 liter/bottle = 23 bottles

Nope , you didn't DO that , you're still standing in the picture ( and breathing for that mather )


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