Location: Sidney's, Jost van Dyke
The day started off with an early wake-up call around 6:15. We got up and ate a filling breakfast of oatmeal or cereal. Once breakfast was over and we got our phones, we got dressed and headed to the dock for our 7-mile uphill hike. On the dock, we waited for the rest of the boats to arrive before Mike talked to us about the hike. And then it began. The first mile consisted of a straight and extremely steep uphill trek. In mile 2 we finally caught a break getting to walk partially on flat road before hitting mile 3 with was back to the steep uphill parts of the mountain. Around the end of mile 3, we all stopped at a smoothie shop for banana smoothies. To get to the top, we had to hike through the muddy woods before finally reaching the peak. Catalina made it to the top first, with Eve and I coming in the top 30. Heading back down, we ran into the rest of the boat, sitting at the smoothie shop. On the way down, Eve and I followed Siena and a few other staff members, who ended up taking a wrong turn. This resulted in an even longer hike down, making us go in a full circle around the island. By the time we made it down, we were starving, so we stopped at a little pink restaurant to eat some well-deserved lobster sandwiches. Lordy and Huddy asked us to order for them, too, and shortly after the food came to the table, they did, too. After eating, Eve, Lordy, Huddy, and I went to a grocery store and then back to sit at a restaurant. Parker and Lexi eventually joined us, and we headed into a few shops. With some time to spare, we decided to go back to the restaurant and relax at a table before heading back to the dock to get picked up by a dinghy. Back on the boat, we began our motor to Sandy Spit for a sandcastle-building contest. At Sandy Spit, a few of the boats built sand castles while the rest, including ours, played in the water. After the contest, we took the dinghy back to the boat and motored back to Cane Garden Bay.
Once in the bay, we all got to take fresh water showers for the 2nd time this session! After the showers, we all got dressed up for a BBQ at Sidney’s. We started the BBQ by buying some of the merch from the gift shops while waiting for the buffet to open. The food consisted of chicken, pasta salad, corn on the cob, fruit, vegetables, potatoes, and beans. After eating, Eve, Lexi, and I went to get our hair braided and beaded. Later in the night, Tate and Tyler got corn rows done, and Jayden did as well but quickly got it taken out. Along with this, throughout the night, we all stopped to get some ice cream. To end the night, we headed back to the boat to make brownies and then went to bed.