After dinner we danced a while. At first the ship was tossing, and the contra and English dances I did were very messy. Then it settled down and we had some very nice dances.

I went to the bow late, overhearing that Mary Lea had seen dolphins. I didn't, but the bioluminescence was amazing. Maybe sometime I will.

I lost the patch Judy gave me, and got a new one from Mary Lynn Dobson. I started using a half-patch.

9/20/2001

We went to James Cove (P. Egas) on Santiago in the morning. There were both California and fur sea lions. We snorkeled. I saw a good-sized ray, and swam for a while with a sea lion. The sea urchins were beautiful -- some chartreuse, others looked black from a distance, but showed purple, blue, and green up close. Some interesting angels and some parrots. Parrot fish colors were subdued, mostly.

Played cards after lunch. It was a new game to me -- don't know a name.