Location: Marina Cay
Hello to the parents and anyone else who takes the time to read these blogs. Today was the 11th day at ActionQuest, and it appears that I am required to inform y’all on all of the action aboard Soul Rebel. I woke up this morning at 6:30 to do the daily yoga session on the hardtop with my good friend Logan. Then we hopped down for a Cheerio breakfast while underway to Willie T. The Willie T is an artificial wreck full of rebar skeletons and other underwater recreational features. Although the fish life on the wreck was subpar compared to the rest of the trip. After the wreck dive, we made our way over to Road town to top off the fresh water and have lunch at The Moorings yacht club. For lunch, I ordered their fresh Mahi Mahi, which was seasoned perfectly. The rest of the guys had a range of different burgers, and Derek had a quesadilla. While wandering shop to shop, I looked down at my leg to find the smallest little lizard clutching on for dear life and decided to move my new best friend up to my shoulder. My friend Jarad (the lizard) and I wandered around the yacht club for another 20 minutes together as an unstoppable duo until it was time for us to part ways. It was at this point that I attempted to guide Jarad onto the nearest flower, but Jarad did not take well to this plan, and he scampered back up my arm until he was once again perched on my shoulder. After a brief pep-talk, I was able to convince Jarad that the best course of action was for us to take our own paths through life, and we made our way back to soul rebel. We ventured across the channel for the second dive of the day, which only half the crew participated in due to widespread naps plaguing the boat. On the dive, Derek, Logan, and I were dead set on finding as many shark-nose Gobies as possible (for those following along at home that have the Caribbean reef identification book, you will find these Gobies on page …). These Gobies will clean the dead skin on your hands if your approach is slow enough (I was able to get 2/16 of the Gobies to clean my hands.) After the dive, we were treated to a pasta dinner provided by Garrett and Maya (the two chefs for the day). It was at this point in the day that I realized a part of my job for the day was to take pictures. So born of a mental state of desperation, I recruited the crew of Soul Rebel to act out the going about of the day all in a span of 25 mins, so any photos that y’all see along with this message were taken between 5:38 pm -6:03 pm.
-thanks for reading
Paul S
P.S Joe’s bedtime story was fantastic (it was about Calico Jack)
P.P.S I was about to mention the last bit because I got a bit side track because of goby research and forgot to write this blog until after bedtime :0