One Last Day

For our last day in the sun and warmth, our group was going in different directions.  Some were kayaking and then snorkeling, others were not.  The others thought it sounded positively torturous to wake with sleeping kids at 6:15 am, drive to a ferry, travel on the ferry for 1.5 hours, then wait on the beach for 4 hours while the kayaking and snorkeling took place.  The others (those with kids were going to lounge by the pool. 

On the eve of the excursion, Greg received a phone call that the day was canceled due to weather.  Greg let Eric and my dad know and went to bed.  Promptly at departure time of 7:15 (it changed when the rest of us chose to stay behind), the middle connecting door of our hotel room flung open and in the doorway stood Ben and Kelsey, backpacks on, sunglasses on, bags packed.  Ben looked around the room and saw Greg snoozing away.  “What is he doing! Why is he sleeping?” 

“Didn’t Greg tell you, it was canceled.”

“Nope, we are ready to go.”

“Greg wake up, you suck.”

Ben went downstairs to get a coffee and upon exiting the elevator, stumbled upon Steve in the lobby.  There he was, patiently waiting for the others, backpack on, ready for a day of snorkeling.  Greg sucks.

Since they were up, they all decided to go anyway and see what the beach was like.  We all still stayed to play.  The verdict was, it was a good day, they snorkeled in somewhat cloudy water, two of them were stung by a sea urchin and you can be sure one of the two was Ben, they had a horribly bumpy ride on the ferry which left them all glad that those back at the hotel with zero sea legs were just that, back at the hotel, and they hiked and played.  Ben, Kelsey, Greg, Steve and Felix.  What a crew.

In the meantime, Owen showed me over and over how he can jump in the pool with NO lifejacket.  With each jump he would ask, “Non, is this new to you?” before he jumped.  He was proud.  We ordered virgin pina coladas by the pool, we rested, relaxed, swam, walked and played. 

The trip was coming to a close.