Day 7

Barbados

We have a 5.5 hour excursion planned. It was quite pricey, but includes lunch buffet & complimentary drinks.

The bus takes us to the catamaran, where our pleasant crew help us aboard, after we remove our shoes. Beth gave David some Dramamine, but I didn't give William any, as I think he has his sea legs by now.

We sail out to where the turtles are. Me, Mike and Larry snorkel out, Beth and David go, Eli goes, Hank too, but Julia asks for Michael to help, but then took my hand when I came; William needed much more coaxing, then went back on the boat to put on his mask, and was finally ready, when "all aboard" was called. William was so upset that he couldn't swim then. Everyone else got a good look a the sea turtle. Michael almost touched one!

Sailing to another site, we set anchor near the beach. A coral reef was 10 yards away. I swam Julia out to where Beth and David were, but she had to pee, and I say "just pee in the ocean" (I grew up on the beach) and she's like "yuck" So Beth took her back, while I had a nice time snorkeling with David. Side by side we swam, pointing at the fish.
We got back to the catamaran, the last ones on, and enjoyed a buffet. After which, I finally talked William into going in the water, on the beach side. He was happy, making pretend commercials for Barbados tourism.

The ride back to port , I regret that I neglected to put on sunscreen and laid out on the deck and got a bright pink sunburn.