Location: Great Harbor, Peter Island
Hi, it’s Sophia, and I’m skipper today.
Today we woke up at 7:30ish. Well, the majority of the boat was awoken at five by Evie and Henry jumping on the top of the boat while watching the sunrise. For breakfast, we had pancakes and French toast, which the chefs Robert and Ellie made. After breakfast, we cleaned up and split off into separate groups to do morning activities. The majority of Odyssey did water sports while Sipora, Ben, Owen, and I went on a separate dinghy and went to the boat, Amused to make up any dives we missed. All four of us completed our dive successfully and got certified. Once we returned to the boat, the people that had gone wakeboarding were already back on the boat. By this point, it was around 10:20, and we were set to leave town at 11. We all hung around the boat until we left the anchorage. The ride over was like 30 minutes.
We got off the boat and took a dinghy over to the mainland. Once we were on land, Ellie, Makenna, and I walked around town, seeing what there was to do. We ended up at a restaurant, and later the rest of our boat joined us. Makenna and Ellie split off, and I sat at a table with Ella, Sipora, and Miles. We all ordered our food and talked while we waited for our dishes, Ella, and I shared pasta, Sipora got her own pasta, and Miles got wings. After we had lunch, we had about an hour before we needed to be back at the dock to be picked up. Sipora and I walked to the store to stock up on rations to get us through the rest of the trip. We got so much stuff and then met Makena and Ellie at checkout and added even more snacks to the stash.
When we left the store, we went back to the rest of the group and ate the giant jar of pickles that Henry and Evie got. At 4:00, Mountain came and picked us up and took us to our boat. We all arrived back on the boat and unpacked our snacks and got our PFDs on, and got ready to sail back to our sleep spot for the night. We all sat up top and listened to music while making our way back. We arrived at the bay and made the choice to raft with the boat ‘Meow or Never’ for the night. Which means we attach our two boats together with lines for the night. We all got settled and put on our swimsuits and started ocean showers. Meow or Never had a different boat than us, and we were able to jump off of the side, so we all made our way over and jumped off.
After showers, Ellie started dinner and fired Robert as Su Chef. I was then hired as the replacement. Ellie told me to cut onions and peppers, so I did. For dinner, we had like breakfast dinner, but it really wasn’t breakfast. It was eggs and onion and green pepper sausage. It wasn’t bad. We also had this biscuit thing I was too scared to try. Dinner was ready, and we all sat and ate. Jack, Robert, and Ben wouldn’t stop burping and laughing, so it took a while for us to start our squeeze for the night. Because I was skipper for today, I got to ask the question. My question was,” What is your favorite memory of this trip”” We all went around and listed how dinner was, our appreciation, and then the answer to today’s question. Gwen, Arden, Evie, and I were all very emotional about the trip ending and ended up crying a little bit. We ended our squeeze and started cleaning up dinner. Then we had a sail chat to end the night.