We got up at 6:45 again and ate breakfast. After breakfast,
we got packed and ready to leave to Punta Gorda for the weekend.
The boat,
however, did not leave until like 11, so we hung out on the hammocks and inventing
strange games, such as I Spy and tossing rocks into shells. In other words, we
pretty much wasted an hour of our life.
We then got into the boat and left to
Punta Gorda. It took over 2.5 hours to get back. LuRue talked to Lindsey, but
other than that we just listened to Caribbean, Reggae, music remixes. It was a
bumpy ride and the boat driver was spinning the wheel like crazy to stay on
course.
We got to Punta Gorda and LuRue made a couple of phone calls to figure
out our weekend. While LuRue ate lunch, Montana took her first shower in a
week, which LuRue will take in a few minutes. Montana says it felt like she
forgot how to take one.
They then went into town to talk to a wildlife conservation
center about the program, “Ranger for a Day.” On the way, we stopped into a
chocolate factory to ask about the free chocolate factory tour. We got to the
wildlife conservation center, but figured out we couldn’t do the “Ranger for a
Day” this weekend, so we planned it for next weekend and decided to do the
chocolate factory tour tomorrow. On our way back, we stopped at Asha’s Seafood
and BBQ and ate dinner. It was not as good as everyone had said, but they were
out of all the foods we wanted to order, such as lionfish, BBQ pork ribs and
sweet potato fries. They also had no good desserts. First day of the trip, we
think, where for sweets, we only had a tiny taste of chocolate from the
chocolate factory.
Wow, the island is tiny. Will you be going back there next week or does it depend on the weather? I bet a shower felt good after being hot and sweaty for a week. Have fun this weekend. I'm going to relax this weekend and Montana, maybe I will get some of those things on my list done finally. We'll see. Still lots and lots of mosquitos in Fairbanks. We might have to rethink our backpacking trip in 2 weeks.
ReplyDeleteThat is one small island. Next time you have time to kill, find out how many hops or somersaults it takes to get around the island. Somersaults definitely. And Montana should take some video of Grandma doing somersaults!
ReplyDeleteEnforced good behavior on the sweet tooth front. You poor dears. I had a piece of chocolate cake today. That was reward for dealing with two hours of southern California freeway traffic. Yuck!
Can't wait to see the photos of Grandma doing the somersaults!
ReplyDeleteNot that this will make either of you feel any better, but I was told to get off of chocolate--and that was 31 days ago, and I'm still counting.