Day 24

Today was a free day where we could do anything we wanted.

Hola

A few of us ventured out to town for some shopping. A couple got lost trying to find the supermarket. While others took the time to catch up on laundry and much needed housework! Others spent the day washing their rigs. It turned out to be a beautiful clear and warm sunny day with a mild breeze blowing in of the ocean starting around 11:00am. 

Almost every afternoon we have an impromptu happy hour.  A time to get together, relax and share the events of the day.  We have a terrific group of people on this adventure which makes it all the more interesting!

 

This IS What I Want!

Part of the day was reserved for beach combing. You never know when you might find that perfect heart rock or shell. It’s not like we don’t have enough already or anything! But it’s hard not to look anyway. The ocean was a beautiful emerald green today as it is ever changing hues form one day to the next. I never get tired of the way the sun shines on the water and makes it light up like a sea of diamonds. There were young men harvesting oysters on the rocks right from the shore as the tide receded. With only a mask, no snorkel, and wearing jeans and a long sleeved shirt, they would look underwater then take a very heavy pry bar and pop the oysters off the rocks and stuff them in a bag that hung off their belts. It looked like a tuff way to make a living. 

There was a chili cook off in the RV Park today at 1:00 to raise money for a local orphanage. It was great fun! It was also surprising as to how many people came. There were 13 different chili’s to taste.  A gastronomical delight for some of the attendees’!

Where Else Could You Enjoy Life?

Eat Chilie With Beef

No need to fix lunch to today! Hooray! Some of the contestants dressed up in silly costumes, it is

Mardi Gras week after all, while others were handing out tequila (to cleanse the pallet they said), I think it was for a bribe to vote for them! It was all in good fun and for a good cause!



Paul and Eileen