Yesterdaywas the last full day in Tobacco Caye. In the morning we woke up to a nice breakfast. We had scrambled eggs, hot dogs (sausage),and fresh baked bread. We then metDonnie at the picnic tables and headed over to the boat where we would spend upto 5 hours on looking at the sea life. We headed over 12 miles to where we snorkeled out to the barrier reef and found some awesome marinelife. Peter got a jellyfish stuck on hishair from one of the tour guides and he couldn’t get it off. We saw many Parrotfish, barracudas, blueheads, and a couple different schools of fish. After we finished the snorkeling we headed over to the Smithsonianscience station where our guide met us, Bonnie, and she took us around theisland. We saw where the scientists comeand study. We saw rooms like the wetlab, dry lab, and the aquarium room.
When wewere done with the Smithsonian, we ate some lunch. Then we headed over to TwinCay Island where Donnie took us on a walk on the boardwalk to see Mangroves. We saw white mangroves, black mangroves, andred mangroves. After we had the mangrovetour we headed over to Man-o-war Caye where we saw Frigate birds, and brownboobies. We learned that the male Frigatebird has a red pouch and when the males want to attract females they sticktheir red pouches out. From the Man-o-warheading to the Mangrove Island were we snorkeled in and out of the Mangrovetrees. On the way we saw 2 dolphins. Atthis site we saw Needlefish, the upside down jellyfish, and the blue tailedsnappers. After that we headed back to the Tobacco Cay where we had two hoursof free time and the joy of buying snacks from the snack bar. Then we played agame to find out what type of person from the options of being a: idealist,guardian, realist, and an artisan. Then we enjoyed a home-cooked dinner meal bythe chef of Tobacco Caye.
At 7:10pmwe headed to the dock for night snorkeling with Donnie. We then broke up into 3 groups who each got10-20 minutes in the water depending on how scared or excited you were. We saw spotted eels, tiger sea cucumbers anda spotted one. After we finished thesnorkel we headed over to the marine center were we had anchor and activities. We ended the day as a close knit group.
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Matt G.--Hi Matty, I don't know what we are going to do with you when you get home, after this most exciting trip. I fear you are going to be totally bored. This has been quite an experience for your total group and I am happy for all of you to have experienced this at this time of your life to open so many doors. You are all great to have taken on this challenge. See you soon Matty. Nana and Papa G.
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