The flood

August 10, 2009
They told us it could flood here and now we experienced it. It had rained Friday night and that got the creek up high and then it poured all night Saturday and by Sunday morning, we were an island. It doesn't stay too long. We could get out by 2:00pm but it does make a bit of a problem if you have guests in who have to get to a plane or something. We did have guests but they are from Mango Creek and were in their own vehicle so they weren't too freaked. The water didn't get anywhere near the lodge or our house but it does cover our driveway and it's flowing too fast and is too deep to drive through.
After the water went down, we looked around the property to see if there were any changes. None but we did have an interesting iridescent green vine snake on the ledge of the lodge. He was about 7 feet long and pretty cool to watch. I guess he was just getting up out of the water.
Today, I went around harvesting what I could. We've decided that anything we plant turns into a cucumber. We are really good at growing cucumbers but so far the things we really want aren't making it.
We have four molly apple trees in the garden - don't know what that is? First of all, you have to understand that in Belize four out of five fruits will be called some kind of apple and yet, we don't have any real apples growing here at all. So, a molly apple is fruit about the same size as a real apple, softer flesh with a taste like a pear. But, we can't call it a pear because in Belize a pear is an avocado. Totally confused? Anyway, one of the molly apple trees has tons of fruit so I picked some of them. I want to try making some preserves from them. I may be too lazy though.
There is another tree full of fruit right now called a monkey cap tree. It has small golden orange fruit that taste really starchy to me. Animals love them though so it's really nice for the lodge to bring out the bush rabbits and quash for guests to see.
All for now - hoping for sunny weather for a few days...