Chapter 6
July is here and time for the next chapter where Matthew goes diving with sharks. Tune in next month for the another chapter.
Early the next morning I had my usual breakfast at the chow hall then went back to my room and put on my swimming trunks and gathered up my regulator and climbed on my bike to ride to the other side of the island where the dive shack was situated. To get there you ride the length of Roi past the abandoned ruins of Japanese buildings left over from the war and further down the road past the present building which houses the police station, airport offices, health clinic, and the office of the island manager. Just past this building the road I was on met another road close to a gazebo structure on the beach called the Parrot club. Next you turn left and cross over to Namur and continue down the road past the marina on your right before finanlly arriving at the dive shack. The dive shack is actually 3 buildings. One is an open gazebo with picnic tables, a second contains the tanks and compressor, and a third is a locker room where I met the other divers. I passed Gary on the way who was headed back to the marina to get the boat. At the dive shack was Brian Pierce, another engineer that I worked closely with, Hank Laird, an older technician who helped maintain the radars, and Jackie, a very attractive woman from California of Japanese discent. Jackie was a space tracker as well who was making a rare appearance during the day time. Most if not all of the single men on Roi had a crush on her. Besides her obvious physical beauty she was always very cheerful and engaging. It hardly seemed like she belonged working with her sullen colleages.
Hank looked up at me as I entered and said “You’re late!” Read more »