To day it was about making our next trip plan around sand dollars hunts.
After a restless night’s sleep due to little wind, an air conditioning unit set for an Arctic chill and waiting to hear back about our first choice rental, we got up early made the coffee and went to Dean’s Blue Hole to enjoy it.
But we decided to walk across from the hole to that other beach to sit and sip.
After enjoying the coffee, we walked the beach and while walking we received the news that our first choice rental was unavailable. Wespent time considering what our options were, go back to our Christmas place, go to another island, find another rental here, hmmm…
After our coffee, walk and conversation we returned to the cottage to search once again for another spot to spend the holidays at. We found a rental that met every want, except for sunset views, which we are desperately missing here. While searching, our power went out, a sign this was a good time to drive out to check out the rental. While checking it out we found the Dunmore Ruins, which we had been looking for the other day. We decided if the rental was only missing sunset views we could survive, it sits on a hill and we have a better view of the sky, so maybe we could get some dramatic color. Not sure if power was restored at our current rental, we stopped at Galloways to see if it was calm enough for a snorkel. It looked calm so we set up camp and went in.
In we went, however the rolling small waves made Mike a little seasick so he got out while I tried to snap some underwater photos. It was a bit churned up so not the clearest pictures.
Of course there were sand dollars to be found in the water. I left these behind, maybe it will make some tourist’s day that doesn’t go out snorkeling. Mike also tried to blend in with the view, so he would be left behind to.
We packed up and headed into Clarence Town to find the bakery. We found it and picked up two slices of poppy seed and a pumpkin bread for our coffee beach walk tomorrow. While here, in a spot that I had reception, we sent an email to ask about Island Dreams vacation rental.
We needed lunch and still not sure if power returned (power can go out for hours here on the island), we went to Max’s Conch Bar for lunch. The owner’s wife recognized us as repeat customers and spent some time chatting with us. I had my usual grouper fingers and Mike enjoyed cracked conch. While enjoying our lunch we received word Island Dreams was available for our next trip and we confirmed booking
We were utterly exhausted, after a stop at the grocery store for supplies for tonight’s fish stew we returned to the house that had power restored and napped for an hour. After feeling a bit better, a snorkel and sand dollar hunt at Dean’s was had. The fish were abundant as were the sand dollars.
We came home, cleaned up, wrote, made dinner, relaxed, enjoyed dinner, read and went to sleep. Contented in knowing we have a rental for our next trip, making plans today that worked out.
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