Location: Savanna Bay, Virgin Gorda
Hey, y’all, it’s Alivia as skipper today! Day 3 was the most eventful day so far. We woke up this morning to the amazing song “Working 9 to 5,” which was a lie because it was 7 am. Our chefs, Gabriel and Kiran, laid out oatmeal and cereal for breakfast, and it was very yummy. After that, we did a knowledge review on underwater navigation and then did a dive to test our skills. My buddy Kiran and I kind of sucked at the beginning, but we eventually got the hang of it. After our nav dive, we sailed off to Cooper Island to dive the Blue Chormis site. It was so cool! Ruby and I were feeling risky and hopped off the taller part of the boat in all of our scuba gear. We saw three nurse sharks, a pufferfish, lots of colorful coral, and two massive lobsters. It was most of our first time seeing a shark in their natural habitat, so we were all super hype. The pufferfish was so cute, too! Lauren was my dive buddy, and she pointed out all of the cool sea creatures, which I was very grateful for because my goggles kept fogging up.
After diving, we got to swim around and jump off the boat. While we all dove or jumped into the water, Darby and Teddy showed off their death diving skill, which was super impressive. After swimming around, we sailed again to Savannah Bay, which is where we stayed the night. During the sail, we all tried to nap, and Maddie said she took the best nap of her life. Calvin, Jules, Emma Y, and others played card games, too. We also ate lunch. Underway, it was sandwiches again. Once we got here, we got to the ocean shower. During our shower Emma L found some moon jellies and we got to touch the top of them. They felt so slimy. Dinner was an amazing meal of Cheesy Alfredo Pasta and hotdogs. During cleanup time, we listened to “Gasolina” to get us hyped up. Now we are about to do “The Forum,” which is a fun little activity we do to know more about each other. I’m excited because we really get to see how each other thinks and listen to fun stories. Super excited for the next few weeks, see y’all in 14 days!
Love, Alivia, Kiran, Gabriel, Maddie, Teddy, Darby, Ruby, Emma Y, Jules, Calvin, Emma L, Lauren.