Location: Vixen Point, Gorda Sound
It was another rotation day; the crew of side by sides’ first rotation was knee board/ water skiing/ wakeboard. The boys went first before the girls because last time the girls went first, I went on a boat with two other boys, Leuck and Tristan. My group all did knee boarding. Leuck was the first to go; he got up on his knees right away. He lasted roughly around 7 to 8 minutes but wiped out when he tried to go outside the wake of the boat. I was the second one to go, I lasted around 10 minutes, and in the span of that time, I went out of the wake of the boat a couple of times and got a foot of air. Tristan was the third to go. He couldn’t get up on his knees but had fun just riding around on his stomach. On one of the girl’s boats, Mariah did a 360 on the kneeboard. Our next rotation was snorkeling in the mangroves. We had to take two smaller boats to get to the mangroves.
We saw many different fish and around 3 or 4 barracudas. Our next rotation was sailing small boats and paddle boards. I taught Leuck, Charlie, and Hugh how to sail, and they learned fast, and when I gave them control, they only needed a little bit of help. Luke also helped to teach people to sail. He taught Selah and Cate. While we were out sailing, Emerson and Tristan enjoyed being on the beach. After that, our chefs of the day who are Gianna and Talia, cooked up an amazing vegetarian burger and wonderful beans. We are now ending the night with a dive chat!