Vacation Day 3

Wednesday May 9, 2007

Another early day. We woke up to the sun shining into our room. We went to breakfast and we both had the Biras omelet. We then booked the rest of our adventures that we wanted to do for that week. We had to get everything together that morning because we had a snorkel trip at 9:30 that morning. While we were waiting for our boat we saw two small sea turtles. They popped their head up out of the water a few times before diving into the water. Dave got a few pictures of them. We went with another couple on their honeymoon: Laura and Trevor. The waves were choppy and the reefs were swelled so we could not go to some of the places that our guide, Shawn, wanted to take us. So we went to Mosquito Island. It was still choppy over there as well, but we decided to take a look and snorkel anyway. Dave got in first and I followed in after him. One of the first types of fish I saw was some sort of angel fish. It was about a foot tall and black. It was huge. I tried to yell for Dave but his head wasn’t in the water to hear me. He was getting his goggles on. The visibility wasn’t too clear but we could still see a lot. The only downfall was that the underwater pictures may not turn out. (We’ll see) We saw a great assortment of fishes, blue and yellow fishes, blue stripped fishes, Schools of fishes, fan coral, tube like coral, huge white coral, Dave even saw a spotted moray eel. We spent a half an hour in the water. When I got back in the boat I realized that I really had to go to the bathroom (so did laura) I was so pleased that we stopped at an Island/Restaurant called Saba Rock. It was so neat! You just dock right in front of the restaurant/bar. They had a pool of fish, gigantic lobster, and eels! It was quite the sight to see! There was a cannon and an anchor also in the water from a famous ship that sank in the ocean round Virgin Gorda. The couple took a picture of us in front of a boat. Dave took a picture of me next to a statue of a skeleton pirate! It was fun! On our way back to our room, dave fed an iguana! It was so cool. One of the workers gave us some tips on how to feed them. We got a couple of pictures of it. Maybe later I will be able to feed one myself. After we came back we road our bikes to the gift shop. We saw many neat souvenirs for friends and family and of course us. We ate lunch at the castle. We both had tomatoes and mozzarella for the appetizer and beer battered mahi mahi with spicy potato wedges on the side! It was definitely scrumptious. For dessert Dave had raspberry parfait and I had pecan pie. We then went back to the room and got ready for a hike. We road our bikes to the beach and left them there while we hiked around the salt water pond. The only cool thing we saw was a couple ducks. It was VERY hot! Dave asked if I was wilting and I definitely was. So we took a rest on the beach. I stayed in the shade and dave rested in the sun (hoping to get a tan). After a short nap, we took a kayak out into the bay. We rowed by the mangroves and saw a type of king fisher. It was white and blue/gray. As we were heading back to shore Dave spotted a sea turtle. He said it was larger than the ones we saw earlier that day. It was time for tea so we went back to our room, got a shower, and got ready for our sunset cruise. Well, the beginning of the cruise was really nice. The scenery was beautiful. But unfortunantly, I got sea sick. It just hit me like a rock. As we were heading back though I began to feel better…or so I thought. We got ready for our dinner and ordered. Dave and I got the grouper spring roll. Dave gobbeled it all up! The smell irritated me and I began to not feel good again. But before we left I got my lobster tail and Dave had his lamb. I was really not feeling good again so we got our dinner taken back to our room. I was able to eat most of my lobster but then I went to bed. Not the best ending to our day but oh well….