We woke up early this morning, but we didn't get out of bed for about
an hour, just snuggling and enjoying the beginning of our last full day
here.
We headed up for breakfast and checked on jetskiis for the morning. We
took a Boston Whaler over to SandBox and rented a 750cc Yamaha for an
hour.
This miniature goat wanted to go home with us.
It was lots of fun as Rick had never been on one before. Randy enjoyed
it, but missed the horsepower of the 1100's back home. Just wait until
Rick tries those!
Rick was eager to try out JetSkiing.
On the way back we stopped to pick up some flashlights so that we could
look for more fish at night. We found some really powerful compact ones
which were designed for diving. They looked perfect.
Back at the resort we grabbed our books and magazines and headed for
the beach. Lunch was a barbecue on the beach, a great selection of salads
and grilled items. As usual, the food is great here. Afterwards Rick paddled
around on a raft in search of a glimpse of a shark, while Randy read a
magazine under an umbrella.
He's determined to see a shark!
Then we both went out in a couple of one man kayaks, looking down at
the bottom to see what creatures were around.
Randy paddled around Deep Bay for a bit.
We stopped off at the dock to see if any new fish had shown up, then
we walked through a couple of the nature trails, looking for iguanas.
There are some really nice nature trails here.
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We had seen a green iguana on the road on the way back from the beach
(Rick almost ran it over), but then later it was nowhere to be found.
We figured it was camera shy and knew we'd be back to bother it.
Where are the iguanas when you want them?
Each day there is a tea from 3:30 to 5:30, but we hadn't gone before,
so we decided to stop by and check it out. Turned out to be tea and some
cakes so we tried some.
Tea and crumpets anyone?
Then we went back to the room and watched the end of the movie "The
Replacements" which we had started the night before.
There was a manager's cocktail reception at 6:30, so we went up and chatted
with some of the other guests. One couple was also on their honeymoon.
They were from Texas and had been married just over a week ago. They were
also enjoying their stay at Biras Creek.
After a wonderful dinner (which ended with a _delicious_ chocolate brownie!)
we changed back into shorts and headed to the dock to try out our flashlights.
It turned out that they were very bright, and allowed us to see all kinds
of things.
This little shrimp was about 6" long.
The Nikon camera was able to use the light from the flashlight to focus,
and then it's own flash to light things up. This allowed for some really
nice pictures of animals in the dark in a few feet of water.
These crabs didn't like our flashlights.
We spent about an hour riding our bikes around, looking for interesting
sights, even checking out the beach for a bit. We saw something that might
have been a small squid, though we weren't sure, and the picture we took
looked more like something out of the X-Files than an actual fish. Who
knows.
Sea cucumbers look kind of like big centipedes.
Back in the room Rick broke out the bottle of wine we had bought a few
days ago. Then we chatted for quite a while before going to sleep.
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