Today was a pretty great day. I got
up at 6am as usual and brought my laundry inside since it would dry better with
the fan than in the rain. I picked up a little bit, got dressed, and took a new
book outside to read while I waited for Alvaro to show up. He was supposed to
come at 7 but he didn’t get to the office until almost 8. He also had his
brother Omar and one of his nephews with him. We then drove to La Trinidad to
pick up Milton, so we could all go fishing.
We ended up going to Jinotega,
which is a different department (kinda like states). It was a two hour drive.
Along the way, we stopped at the Quesarilla, which sells cheese and onions
wrapped in tortillas smothered in onions and more cheese. It was pretty good. When
we got to the lake, Alvaro, Milton, and one of Milton’s friends all changed
into wet suits because they fish with spear guns not fishing poles. I got in
the boat along with the others and off we went.
Milton “caught” quite a few
tilapias, one bass, a “chorro” which is good for soup, and one guapote. Since I
didn’t have a change of clothes, I wasn’t planning on swimming or anything, but
about an hour into our day (we got there around 12), it started down pouring.
The water was much warmer than the air was, so I got in and went swimming. I
ended up helping with the fish stringer while Milton and his friend did the
fishing. The sun came out at one point, and I was almost dry when it started to
rain once again. I eventually gave up and got in the water again. When we were “done”
for the day, I asked Milton if I could try out the spear gun. He ended up
giving me his goggles, weight belt, and gun and showing me how to shoot a fish.
Of the three fish I shot at, I missed all three. However, I impressed everyone
with the fact that I can lay down on the bottom of the lake for over a minute.
Apparently, most people only last about 40 seconds. I was up to pretty close to
a minute and a half by the time I was done for the day. It was a really cool
experience.
We finished just as it was getting
dark. We packed everything up and headed back to the truck. Someone had an army
jacket that they let me wear since I was soaking wet (it was still raining),
and I didn’t have any dry clothes to wear. We drove back the two hours to San
Isidro and dropped Milton off in La Trinidad. Then, Alvaro took me to the
office, so I could change before he took me to his house for supper. It was
about 10pm at this point. Ubania made taco meat, a tomato salad, and rice. It
was pretty good. Then Alvaro brought me back to the office where I took a cold
shower and went to bed.
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Storm coming in on the lake |
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