After resting a day - we were ready for an Adventure!!!
I called this trip - Overcoming Fears Adventures!!! and I DID IT!!!
See!!! That's us after the first snorkeling of the day!! They dried faster than I did - but it was 80 - so I was in heaven!
Remember back to those dark days where we had to wear masks? I am so claustrophobic that they made me panic. But in order to work where I did - we had to wear them - so I sat in my house with a mask on for 10 seconds - then took it off, then 12 seconds...slowly getting longer - It took me a few days to get to an hour - but then I thought I'd be good....
Fast forward to SNORKELING Gear!!! I was panicked about that - so I bought my own set of Gear :
And I sat on the couch with the mask on for 10 seconds - then I added the mouth thing for 2, Took it off ... and tried again.
That was a great plan - Because after jumping in the ocean I just had a mild panic attack and once I stretched out ( like a floating dead guy) I relaxed and went all over!!!
It was AWESOME!!
This is Shark and Stingray Alley - They are Nursing Sharks and their mouths are at the bottom, so they can't bite you like a Jaws shark - but I wasn't sure I wanted to swim with them.... So I took photos first - and then ... jumped in!!
There was a TON of them - and stingrays - they aren't aggressive tho - they just swim at the bottom and you are not supposed to go over them.
We boated to a few more spots to snorkel and the fish, the reef, the coral, the colors and all the greens - oh man - it was a color attack - I loved it!!
After we all decided we were done snorkeling our guide took us to feed the Tarpons - they JUMP!!! and I did not opt to feed them. You had to hold a Fish in your hand and they jumped to it.
I do not like to touch fish - and I decided I had overcome enough Fears for the day - So I watched my husband and son do it! and I didn't scream - I decided that was a success too!
We had visitors on the boat as well - they were So funny . They kept trying to get closer, but then they would back off. I think they were hoping for some of the fish.
after that - we stopped on Caye Caulker for lunch - Landshark is another local beer - so it had to be tasted - Ignore the face .. I made him laugh....
But check out these colors? Aren't they just so pretty!
Caye Caulker is more of a Party Island vibe - as in the WHOLE island just parties the day away. I am sure there are excursions off this Caye too - but it was just a fun vibe. And very Happy People - everyone was pretty friendly .
This is the Elvis Restaurant - it had 4 different painting of Elvis .
Then of course I needed to explore to see where the locals lived - again!! That color!! SO fun!!
We got back to our dock about 4, OH!!! BY THE WAY!! Our adventure Guide PICKED US UP AT OUR DOCK!! So super cool !!! our Guide was Hill of
No Worries Tours - he and Mario made the day amazing!!!
We got to go Conch diving, they made ceviche on the boat, he brought water and soda , and a Rum Punch. Apparently Rum punch is all the thing.
( again - allergies - it has pineapple juice in it so he wouldn't let me have it) Hill was awesome - I told him my food allergies and he never forgot them !! ( all week!)
We got back to clean up and our caretakers brought us a great meal of tacos and fried plantains and we shut our eyes... for the next day.... was to start at 4:30 am.....
but for real time Tomorrow is my day on the *Dust off a Book * Blog hop - so come see what book I dusted off... and what I made from it!!! Day 1 can be found here: Day 1 Dust off A Book
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