First day in paradise


Crab Friend

After 2 excruciating days in the car, we finally reached our destination- paradise. No, believe me, I am very much still alive while typing this blog post, I simply mean my great aunt and uncle’s house. The front yard was glorious enough, plumeria and bananas growing everywhere, a certified butterfly habitat and wildlife garden, and thousand of shells scattered around the place, scavenged and collected by my cousin’s amiable dachshund, Kahlua. Inside were more shells, a coconut collection, a wonderful kitchen and dining room, and outside, a lanai with dining table, a huge pool and a backyard overlooking a lake with lots of water birds, turtles, and gators.


In the morning, after breakfast, we walked on the beach, collecting interesting shells as we went. (By we I mean me and my parents, very sadly my wonderful great aunt & uncle can’t be here right now. It is the only thing that isn’t perfect right now.). We saw jellyfish and whelk cases and cool shiny shells. There was even a point where the sand was buried under layers and layers on small shells! We found a crab and many, many interesting things.

We got back and almost immediately got on our bikes and rode a LONG 6 miles to Sanibel Sea School, which is basically a camp about, well, the sea. I am doing Dolphin Camp. We got there 41 minutes and some number of seconds later. Then, we turned around and rode a LONG 6 miles back! We all showered and then went to the pool. After a while, we came into the room with the TV and I watched Little House on the Prairie before my dad turned on his soccer game.



More reports later…

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Comments

Natalie Durkin said…
Just think about it this way... by biking 12 cumulative miles, you basically completed the bike portion of a sprint-distance triathlon. Doesn't that make it sound more impressive? I wish I were there in paradise with you all, I could certainly use it! But in the meantime, I am here practicing away for the Chin Woo tournament so that I don't act a hot mess in front of you and all my distinguished guests-- oh yeah, and I guess for the judges and my Tai Chi master as well.

I was excited to read your first post of this summer, so please keep them coming. I shall vicariously vacation through your posts, if that's alright with you.

Much love and pet the manatees for me...
Big hugs,
-Auntie Natalie
(Franklin, Inky, Willow, Kismet, Gulliver and Judo too-- wuff, meow, squawk)

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