Home Again, Home Again

Back home on the Big South! Hooray! After a ridiculously cramped (but still very fun) ferry ride, we finally arrived back at our wonderful CMRS just in time for dinner on Monday. Luckily I wasn't on the boat that ran out of gas, they were a little late...

You would not believe how psyched we are to be back in the world of no TV, no freshwater showers, no air conditioning, and no grocery stores. Provo just started to feel exhausting and so over the top, South is a welcome change. And it really does feel like home! I probably got one of the best sleeps of my LIFE that first night back in my bunk. Seriously. I slept for 10.5 hours.

But Spring Break was wonderful, and a much needed break from school work. Papa Raker came down, bringing with him many fun birthday presents as well as biodegradable shampoo (YES!). We then proceeded to go swimming or snorkeling every single day and eat lots of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. We found many fun and cheap places to eat, befriended all the gift shop owners, and even visited the famous Potcake Place! But the stars of the trip were the fish, obviously.

In front of one of a the hotels, about an hour walk from where we were staying, was a little snorkel park. I was skeptical at first, being rather spoiled by South, but it was great! Lots of parrotfish everywhere, which is always fun, and very curious yellow tailed snappers who followed us around everywhere. Since I got a camera with some underwater housing for my birthday (woohoo!), here are some (rather blurry) pictures:

Stoplight Parrotfish

Blue-striped grunt hanging out by some fan coral

Flounder! Can you see him? 

Grunt sitting on a plaque that's so nicely fixed up by TCReef

Southern Stingray! 

So lots of fun critters. Plus, we went on an actual official snorkel with Dive Provo, which was fabulous. I even saw a reef shark, which is always fun. So all in all a successful trip, and I only got slightly sunburned!