Our plane landed in Placencia to pick up extra passengers, but there was not enough room for all, so one of the workers told Montana to go sit in the co-pilot's seat. Both LuRue and Montana were very surprised. So, on the way back to Belize City, Montana rode shot gun, watching how the pilot flew the plane. She can now fly an F-16 with no problems.
When we arrived in Belize City, and got settled back into our room, and found a soft, cuddly elephant on our bed. We dealt with it as if it was a normal everyday thing.
The B&B hostess gave us the letter we had been hoping for. It was an official notification from an ichthyologist saying, "You have indeed identified the rare tomato fish. We are thrilled that you have been able to capture an image of an entire family of tomato fish...that is extremely rare." They also said we should put our photo into National Geographic; there's no question that it would win the photo contest. Here is our picture of the rare tomato fish family:
To learn more about this rare fish, go to en.wikipedia.org/tomato_fish
What a day we've had! Ready to leave now...not sure we can take any more of this excitement!
You guys are too crazy!! Love it! See you in 2 days. Hope your planes are all on time. Maybe they'll let Montana fly the big planes, too!
ReplyDeleteI don't understand why Corrine thinks you are crazy. However, I did look up tomato fish on Wikipedia and didn't find an entry. Is that what she's talking about? I did find an entry for "fish tomato." (Seriously.)
ReplyDeleteSeriously, this is an amazing photo of this rare fish. The detail is exquisite. I am quite sure National Geographic would DIE to have a copy for their next issue --remember to keep a copy for yourselves as this might now be re-named the LuMont tomato fish, or does RueTana tomato fish sound better?
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