"Ohmigod, did I see who I think I saw in your bedroom?" excitedly askedmy little sister Alexis."Umm, hello, a little privacy," I said, incredulously. ... was fullydressed and getting ready to leave anyway, but I couldn't believe mysister would just burst in like that. Just another thing I had to getused to in being a big sister rather than a big brother."Hey, it's not my fault you left your bedroom door open with a dude inbed," she said."That's not what I was talking about," I said, gesturing. No they weren't a little tight, they were extremely tight. Neil and the kids had their own wet-suits. They also had abalone bars.Neil said the kids and he thought they would show us how to take abalone. If we take three abalone to the inn they would cook them for us for dinner.Neil ferried us to the reef three at a time. Anne gave us a class in the use of our equipment and snorkels. We spent a half hour practicing our snorkeling skills."One hour to low tide," Neil said. "Let's see if we can. Nan looked at her, not sure how to respond; before she could, however, the girl on her left spoke up. “Yeah, really, an import like you? You really have no idea how dangerous that can be,” she added, her Australian accent unmistakable. Nan laughed at the irony of the girls comment and retorted, “True, but I’d guess that you’re not exactly a local.” “Touché,” the girl responded as they all chuckled. “I’m Nina,” she continued after the laughter had died off. “I’m from Queensbury.” Nan smiled at. Ron told me that my clothes were in the bag, butthat I could not put them back on until I got home. In my case, back to myhotel. I started to zip up the jacket. "Leave it unzipped," Ron told me. I'd doneeverything else he told me that night, so why not. I left the zipper aboutan inch and a half from the bottom, just enough to keep the jacked closed.We went through the door at the end of the hall. We were outside and Ron washailing a cab. I suddenly realized that I was chilly. I was wearing my.