Pics of Myrtle Beach

December 25th.....a large storm system hits bringing us rain and pounding surf. Elsewhere in the US it brought blizzards and ice. We'll take the rain......but we missed our walk on the beach, not much else to do on Christmas Day when you don't know anyone. Good job Myth Busters was on all day!


My peaceful stroll on the beach yesterday was good for the soul.



Awe inspiring, the ocean. Constantly shifting and changing shape & personality. It's one view you just never tire of.



On the lazy river.

Myrtle Beach SC

We made it. Home for the next 6 weeks or so.

The condo is all and more that it promised to be. The view of the beach and ocean is stunning. We face East and the Murphy bed in the Living Room that Gary & I are choosing to sleep on faces the window so this morning was spectacular. Even with the balcony door shut you can hear the pounding surf. And the bathtub.....heaven, the biggest one I have ever soaked in.

Myrtle Beach looks great. A big enough city to offer the best of shopping, but much more laid back than Florida. The people are very "southern" and quite friendly. We hit Wal Mart as soon as we arrived to fill our cupboards and managed to find a warm outfit for us all for walking the beach. We woke up this morning and sat on the balcony with our coffee. It was chilly, but pleasantly so.

We then hit the beach for a stroll. Lots of shells & coral to be found. Back at the condo, Nikki settled into her room to watch Dirty Jobs, a show she has really missed over the last year, while Gary and I hit the gym which is just down the hall from our condo. We are now doing a little laundry before we take Nikki down to the pool. There is an indoor lazy river as well as a hot tub and swimming pool inside. The outdoor pools are obviously a little too cold for this time of the year but we noticed last night that the two outdoor hot tubs were full, even late at night so we intend to try them out one night.

It's not quite home, but it will be a nice place to hide out for a month to avoid some of the worst of winter.

Savannah Georgia

We sadly left our friends in Florida this morning and hit the road. Sorry to leave behind awesome friends, but not sad to say goodbye to Florida, we travelled the busy 95 Interstate for about 6 hours and by early afternoon were at our "today" destination, Savannah Georgia.

We picked this as a half way point on our travel to South Carolina as it was good timing as well as a beautiful location to briefly stay in. We picked up a flyer for hotel deals at a gas stop and when we arrived, after striking out at one grotty Quality Inn, ended up at a 5 star historic Inn overlooking the waterfront for the same price! We ate real Southern food at a little pub like restaurant (I think it wasn't as good as what I can cook) and are now crashing in the room. Tomorrow we hope to spend a couple of hours wandering through the downtown historic area before hitting the road again for another day of driving. About 4.5 hours should get us to North Myrtle Beach.

The Pilot is running really well and is a very comfortable ride. Gas isn't awful either.

Busch Gardens & Then With Friends on the Atlantic

I'm not going to be able to say too much as we are on the run.

We are at Turtle Reef Resort on the Atlantic where our friends have time share and kindly invited us to join them for a few days. They are snow birds from Nova Scotia and seeing them has been amazing.......they know where all the half price & early bird specials are! We went beach combing this morning as there was a wicked storm pass through and there are lots of treasures to be found. We saw a ton of Japanese Man of Wars. Made us keep our feet out of the water!

We spent the last day we were in Orlando at Busch Gardens which was a disappointment. It is supposed to be the "mother" park to Seaworld but was sadly neglected by comparison. Obviously not a lot of money has been spent there in some time. Many of the exhibits were obviously originally built in the 70's and had not been updated.

Still, we had fun and Nikki found her courage for some rides....her and Gary were well and truly soaked by mid day. The day was hot and sunny so it didn't take them long to dry off...and start burning.

We are here until Sunday when we hit the road again......

We Have Touchdown Captain!

(insert jig here) (and again) (and again)

I feel human again! I'm sorry for my need for external things BUT wheels is from here on out a necessity. I'd rather have a car than a home! I'll sleep in the car.......but I digress.....We are now the proud owners of a used Honda Pilot...I will spare the painful details of why it took us from 10 am this morning to 3 pm this afternoon to walk out the dealership with the key....or why it took us an entire day last week to get the money from Canada to the USA....but despite every obstacle heavenly possible being in our way (think I'm exaggerating??? I dare you to challenge me......listen to the whole story....I'm just dying to bore every one with boring details). We know it's not over yet, we still have to get another 30 day permit and then get it across the Canadian border....but who cares, we will have wheels!!

Nikki had her head out the window tonight on the way home (yes like a dog....she's home skooled) and Gary & I could hear her singing little sweet made up songs to herself....we hadn't heard her do that since we left Canada, since we last had wheels. It warmed our hearts!

We have decided to call the vehicle Chuggalugg. She's likely to be a gas guzzler.......who cares....We have wheels.

We spent Sunday doing all the things we missed at Seaworld. Had another fabulous day although this time the weather was amazing and it was the weekend and so, you guessed it, it was crowded. But we managed alright, still had an amazing day. Tomorrow we are off in Chuggalugg to Busch Gardens. I think that will take at least 2 days as well. Animals this time (instead of marine life) which is Nikki's big thing. She has little interest in rides. Must be the Brooks side ;)

Looking forward to hitting the road at the end of the week, now that we can hit it with something other than our feet. Living in a one room hotel room has lost it's charm....we're ready for the condo in S Carolina and thinking about taking it a week earlier, only spending a couple of days with our friends (where we are sleeping on the couch). Orlando is not a place we would choose to spend any time again despite the great parks. It is all concrete, the people are rude and the landscape flat. And the shopping stinks!

A Big THANKS to Mom for all her help sorting out insurance. Cheers! I'll buy you a beer at the Pub when I get home........not long now!

Orlando

Life is certainly never boring!

Nikki spent the first couple of days down sick with a fever and then low and behold, two teeth fell out and at least one more hanging on by a thread, plus a new back molar breaking through. Poor kid can simply not eat. Huge changes going on in her little body!

We spent the first week shopping for a vehicle to purchase. A real challenge without a car! We rented a car for one day but at a cost of about $70 a day, we just can't keep doing that. We are trying to find a vehicle to give us enough room to get home, is importable and has enough value to make it worth the costs involved with doing so. Also, with the thought in mind that we may sell it once we are home. We have finally settled, or so we think, on a 2003 Honda Pilot. It is an 8 seater but the back seats fold into the floor so most of the time is simply a SUV 5 seater. It has a built in entertainment system which was a real plus with Nikki's portable DVD player being one of the casualties of the break in. We are trying to arrange money wires today and hope to have it the beginning of next week. Then the real fun can begin. We have been unable to do much shopping and we have very few warm clothes, so we have had some chilly days!

We did make it to Seaworld yesterday which was absolutely wonderful! It was an overcast day and so was not very busy. Nikki was in heaven, in fact we are planning on going back today since our tickets give us unlimited access for 14 days. We touched Manta rays, touch and fed dolphins, saw some amazing shows and got up close and personal with sharks! It is exceptional.

The tickets we bought are also for Busch Gardens and we plan to hit that next week for a day or two. Then we hit the road again....hopefully in our Pilot!

I must admit that I am eager to get home to Canada...I just wish it weren't winter there!

Florida

Life is full of irony and the older I get the more I appreciate it. Gotta get your jollies any way you can somedays.

We finally left the heat of Nicaragua behind us, where it never did cool down more than a couple degrees, simply lost some of the humidity. We arrived in Florida to the hottest day on record for December! That's irony :) For us it still felt cool though and both Nikki & I still ended up wearing light sweaters through most of the day. I can't believe how cold the stores keep the A/C. In Nicaragua due to the extreme cost of electricity it is always kept to a minimum even if they have it. I don't think there was a single restaurant in Granada that even actually had it.

The plane ride was uneventful. My panic was kept at bay for most of the journey through a combination of Gary hand holding, pills, music, book and sheer will power, I was getting out of Nicaragua and this was the only way! It is a horrible feeling to feel it starting to overtake my control as it started to a couple times, but always somehow managed to be pushed down so that I didn't make a fool of myself.

Then we arrived in Florida.....and it was gone. I kid you not....and I wasn't making it up to get me out of Nicaragua, I'm not that good!! I will spend alot of time trying to figure it all out. I had a brief moment today in the elevator as the doors took a long time to open, but honestly, other than that I am fine....so far. And I have no need for any pills, which I have to take to wean so that I don't experience withdrawal, but I am immediately down to 0.5 mgs (which is almost none) and tomorrow none.

Another irony was that the moment we arrived at the hotel, Nikki's shoes broke. Sounds like not a big deal except that they were the only ones we had left and I had only one pair left myself other than one pair of red high heels (Nicaragua was VERY hard on our shoes and you can't buy good ones there). So the next day she wore my sandals and I had to come up with an outfit to wear all day with my red heels! A few blisters later, after spending half our day at the airport again trying to secure a rental car (most rental agencies were OUT of cars and many only had big, very expensive ones) we headed out to try and find a mall. And did we ever find one! After a year of no, and I mean no good shopping in Nicaragua this mall was overwhelming and incredible. I think we walked around for the first hour in a daze with our mouths wide open and drooling!! In fact we were so stupefied that we barely bought anything but did manage a new pairs of sandals for Nikki & I. Nikki also got some PJ's. For the last three months she'd been wearing an adult pair of sleep pants that the crotch hung down to her knees and the legs dragged behind her, but I had been lucky to find them at the second hand store. She got an adorable pair with dogs on them, big surprise.

And for my dinner in Florida I had a real Chicken Cesar and for the second, Sushi (thanks Jess!) I am in heaven!

Today we left Fort Lauderdale, which to us looked like a fake city where the perfect houses are made of cardboard, the front lawns coloured in and where even the people look fake. We travelled the three hours to Orlando in our tiny Nissan Versa (Gary is my hero for making our luggage fit) and arrived at our $29 a night comfort Inn which is twice as good as the $79 a night Ramada we just left. We are within minutes of all the attractions. We said it reminded us of Niagara Falls, all shiny and flashy, commercial. Not our sort of place but we do look forward to taking Nikki to Busch Gardens and doing some serious shopping. Even Nikki said today that she doesn't think much of Florida. We are really looking forward to our time in South Carolina.

We made contact with a local Brother who sells cars and we are going to go and look at what he has tomorrow. We turn our car in at the end of the day. Renting is very expensive as since we have been out of Canada for more than 6 months we are not covered through our Visa for insurance so we have to pay the almost $30 a day for theirs. Rip off! We will take it day at a time and make decisions as things present themselves. So much to sort out.....but isn't life exciting. And we are sure making some memories. Good, Bad, Ugly, Rich & Rewarding.

Life instead of simply time.

Can't wait to see the family....we have some cool presents we are lugging about, that you sure better appreciate! And my one luxury from Nicaragua, a ceramic vase, is still in one piece (I actually carried it on the plane)!!

Final Goodbye's

Godbye to Fred & Frieda
Gary's study Carlos who Gary feels will soon be a baptized Brother. I think leaving him was the hardest study of all to leave behind.

Perhaps one of the hardest goodbye's so far....this beautiful Spanish Family came to mean a great deal to all of us. They are very poor but came around with Roses for us to say how sorry they were we are leaving!

It's 6 am and I would NEVER normally be up, while my family slept, at this time out of choice. But these pills I am on to keep my panic in check put me to sleep deeply by about 8 pm and each morning I seem to wake up earlier and earlier. This morning it was 5.45 which is just as well I guess as this is the morning we move out of this house and go and stay at Dave's for the last two nights.

Have I mentioned how much I hate pills. These ones by about mid day make me start feeling like I have had one drink too many (and I am having none!) and by early evening I make no sense at all. BUT, they are working and as soon as we are in the US I can start weaning myself off them.....thank goodness.

Yesterday was the weirdest Anniversary we have ever had. You can't buy cards here....and we can't fit anything else in our luggage so we did nothing other than ackowledge that it was a special day. The celebrating we will save for Florida when I can remember it and walk straight. You would have thought that we would have at least gone out for a nice meal, but as a small English group we have a policy of taking out the visiting speaker for pizza with Steve & Debbie and splitting the bill. They usually travel quite a distance. So it was kinda neat to sit there eating out pizza with everyone secretly thinking "what a neat Anniversary meal" Seriously though, when will it ever happen like that again?

So I must be off, my family have woken up and I will go and make coffee and start stripping beds. Then a pill at 8.........:)

Home a little sooner every day!

No NOT 17 sleeps left....6 :D

We bit the bullet...which for a cheap skate like me was no small bite. We paid the horrendous fees and moved out flight up by a week. It cost almost the same again in ticket prices, plus the extra week in a hotel when we are all paid up here....but now that the decision is made and the plunge taken...we have no doubt that we made the right decision. There are so many reasons why, my mental ones only part.

So we spent today trying to pack. We went out and bought all these gifts only to find out today that we can only return with one checked bag each (we came with four total, now we will have three) as it's Christmas time and there is a luggage limit. They won't budge on it! So now packing is going to be a real challenge. REAL challenge. Sorry guys....all your gifts have to stay here...it's either that or we all go commando for the next week!

We move out of here on Monday after the last of our stuff is picked up by their new owners and then we stay at Dave's (Friend at the Laguna) for the last two nights. It felt safer as by now word will be out that we are moving....and we all know what happened last time.....plus, I have not been feeling very secure here recently so I will be glad to be out earlier. He will then take us to the airport on Wednesday which as "luck" would have it our friends Steve & Debbie are also flying out to take a trip home to work their business for a month (Christmas and they own a boutique). Actually, it originally out us off flying home that day but now I can see that it may be a good thing. Additional moral support should I need it.

So we are very excited. Our idiot landlord didn't pay the Internet bill (that we already paid him for) so our internet has been cut off and we can only get on when the neighbours turn on their wireless. Which yesterday was not at all but today has been all day thank goodness. He also tells us that as his wife left him and returned to the States, he has no money to give us our deposit back.....and what are we going to do about that here in Nicaragua?? Nothing! It smarts let me tell you!

Off to make some dinner....trying to use up what weird looking stuff we can find in the freezer.

Love to all......

17 Sleeps Left.....

This little girl was playing peek a poo with us shyly as we worked her alley in service this week. She was beautiful. I gave her some cookies that I had brought in my bag for Nikki.

Christmas is a huge celebrations here...and obviously they have no pine trees. So this week we saw them "installing"one in indepance square. They string up metal in the shape of a pine and then slowly wind greenery onto it. This one is still missing it's top. Hilarious.

This is Granada's town square, the meeting place for everyone. I originally thought it would be an awesome place to sit with a coffee and people watch but the reality of it is very different for a "chele". I don't exaggerate in the least when I say that every minute you would be approached by someone selling something or aggressive beggars. Still, I enjoy walking through and feeling the atmosphere.

This is our life right now. We have no TV and are down to one computer, our only contact with the outside world. We are on it constantly and frequently bicker over whose turn it is with it.....

We woke up this morning, looked at each other and said "17 more sleeps"! Last night was a challenging night, we almost left and went to stay with friends. The two rival political parties had demonstrations through the day in Managua. All our meetings there were cancelled and people were warned to stay in doors. Granada was the meeting place for many to travel in, and travel back from the demonstrations. So many were in town. Gary called me in the morning and warned me not to come out in service. We stayed in for the day even here in Granada. But then last night noticed a crowd of young 20 somethings in FSLN (political) shirts starting to gather on our street, in front of and off to the side of our house. The ladies across the street even closed their doors (which they never do). We started to worry. We called friends who said for us to give the word and they would come and get us.....but we decided we were best off the streets (the US consulate here had warned it's citizens in the country to not travel around if possible). We shut our house down and headed out into the back of the house for the night. Everything was fine for us, we don't know why they were there or what happened later, but we were fine. It reiterated to us the smart move of leaving. Things are going to get much worse over the next year.

All our stuff is now sold. Everything. The last batch of stuff is going to a lady who has just built a rental apartment that will be ready next month so she just paid us a set amount for all the odds and ends we had left. We can use them till we leave (like our coffee maker, thank goodness). We were at the meeting this morning and had some tearful conversations with some of the local friends who we are sad to leave behind. Not fair that we can just walk away but they can't leave. We don't mention our safety concerns though, only my mental issues....:)

Speaking of which, at this point I have come to a happy dosage of meds that seem to be keeping me stable but not dopey. I can even think about flying with out my heart racing which is a really good sign.......Just no more wine for me....you know I am desperate when I am willing to give up wine. As soon as we are back in the States, no more meds (once I am weaned back down) and lots of wine! Funny thing about these meds though (which I understand from Mom I would never have been given in Canada) is that they take away some of my mental agility so unfortunately, but sometimes funny in hindsight, I say what I am thinking straight away, when normally I may wisely choose to temper my words. Poor Gary has to keep giving me looks to shut me up while I merrily shoot my mouth off........I'm surprised he answered my hand at all today in the WatchTower!

So tomorrow we are off to Masaya Market one more time with a final list of gifts to pick up. Then Tuesday a friend is taking us into Managua so that we can pick up our Exit Visa's (we can't leave the country without them as we are residents now). Then it's only 2 weeks...........

We have now booked our month in South Carolina too. We are very excited. The place we found is a new condo complex right on the ocean, complete with two pools, a lazy river, hot tub & exersize room. And we will not have to share a room with Nikki...heaven. You can see it at avistaresort.com. Because it is off season there, it will end up costing us for the month about what we spend here anyway so it will be a nice way to avoid the extreme cold in Canada, but still slowly adjust to cooler temps (it's only around 11 degrees there that time of the year). We are there from Dec 30 (we didn't want to travel around New Years for safety reasons) till Feb 1. Then....home James......or Gary....whatever your name in, the pills made me forget :)

More to come....we have no TV so this is my entertainment.....when I can win a wrestling match to get it off Gary or Nikki :)

Days Inching Past...

It amazes me how much these ladies can carry balance on their heads! They work VERY hard and are yelling out the whole time what they are selling.

In service this morning. Behind us is one of the beautiful local churches and beyond them, Mighty Mombacho.

Playing cards in our tiny bedroom last night. Its small and we already have two beds in there (dbl & qu) so if we want to play cards, it's on one of the beds I'm afraid!

Not that I have ever had Christmas....but if I did, this is what waiting for it to come must feel like! The days are passing agonizingly slow till our departure. So much in fact, that we even considered pulling our dates forward by a week or two, but always cheap, we just couldn't bring ourselves to pay the exhorbant fees that would include. When we booked for December 9th, we did so thinking it would take us at least that long to get all our affairs in order. Guess when you are really motivated, you move fast, because we could leave next week! Almost everything we bought is sold.

So, life must continue with some sort of routine for the next 2 1/2 weeks. The highlights of this week have been that Gary got bit by a dog in service yesterday :) He was alone, walking down a tiny dirt alley and a little long haired dog came barrelling out of nowhere and attached himself to the back of Gary's shoe. Good job they were good leather ones and kept the teeth out of his skin! I think the humiliation of being bit by something that small and cute must have been worse that the fear of what it was doing! Gary just kept walking and eventually, satisfied that he had bested Gary, he left to brag to all his friends.

The terrible humidity has for the most part broken and although the days are still hot (we hit 110 F this week) it is actually pleasant with the end of the non existent rainy season meaning that the breeze has again picked up. Mornings and evenings are gorgeous. Everything is really dry though (this should be Nicaragua at it's most lush) and serious problems are ahead for the country as the harvest should soon begin....and there is little to harvest. There is also a political clash brewing, even though the next election isn't until 2011 for some reason they are starting now and this weekend we have all been warned to stay out of Managua and both parties are having demonstrations and rumour is that Ortega (the president) has issued permission for force to be used. I am so relieved to be leaving....and that is all I will say or think about that because it makes my anxiety go up........I can't wait for my family to be safety back in North America.

We had taken this last week to going into our bedroom around 5 pm, when it gets dark, putting on the AC, (decadence), and watching movies together until bedtime (off the street they are only 20 cords each ($1). Until yesterday when our TV and DVD player sold. So last night, for the first time since we got here, we dragged out the cards and had a riotous game of cards! I forgot how much I loved to play. Nikki is really quite good and I love to see her trying to stratigize. Plus, we usually end up ganging up on Gary, which we think is fun, Gary....not so much. Not really, he's always a good sport and keeps us in stitches. We're trying to keep busy to help the time pass.....did I mention it's still 2 1/2 weeks till we leave.....????

Our Day In Pictures...Sorry, Not in Order

Normal transportation for a "weathy" family of four!

Masaya Market Parking Lot.......

The Street Leading into the Market

Our Snazzy Bus...which broke down part way!

Our Street, "Calle Cuiscoma"

The street dog who lives on the corner a block from our house.

Our House


We headed into Masaya to pick up goodies to bring home to Canada today. I took pictures along the way as we realised we have lots of shots of what we have done, but not enough of every day life here in Nicaragua.

Just over three weeks to go till we leave...it seems so far!

Coming Home!

We're coming home! Nikki funnily enough has already packed her carry on. That's within a day of booking our flights!

As you may have noticed from the last two blog entries, I am struggling with panic. The last couple of days has been full blown and I have never been so frightened in my life....over nothing! I am confident that it will ease, it has to in order for me to fly home, infact each day after the midnight attack I had, it gets a little better. I think it is my minds way of shutting down and saying it's had enough with the stress of life in a third world country where everyday is a challenge and where you constantly have to be on guard.

So we are coming home! I am so relieved to be able to let down my guard once in the States.

We fly out of Nicaragua into Fort Lauderdale on December 9. Our plan is to stay in Florida till at least January 1 at which point we are thinking about renting a condo in South Carolina for a month (right on the beach in North Myrtle Beach). We just can't imagine coming home for the entire winter (did I mention that we have NO winter clothes!) We are even hoping to buy a car while we are there so that Feb 1 we can hit the road for home, stopping for a week or less at the Morgans on the way (where we left some of our stuff).

We arrive in the evening so I booked a hotel near the airport for two nights to allow us to recover from our flight (I will likely be heavy sedated to allow me to fly) I then found a hotel (comfort inn) in Orlando that was running a special if you book before Nov 16 for $29 a night! Two huge pools, fridge, microwave and near the outlets for shopping! So we are there for 10 nights. Then we are staying with friends for the week over Christmas. We have promised Nikki a day at Busch Gardens (her choice of venue). Funnily enough, no matter how many times I offer it to her, she has no interest in Disneyland! That's my girl :)

At that point we will are still undecided. To go either to South Carolina (the condo was a good rate since it is winter there but still a daily high of about 11) or come home. Money is always a concern and at some point you just want to be home. But it's winter in Canada....and we really didn't expect to see winter this year!

So, that's it. I didn't realise how happy I would be to be booked to leave. Nicaragua has been amazing....and horrifying at the same time. We will leave behind some super new friends too :(

But I can't wait to be home.........

The Isleta's

Although we had gone before, we took Ashely for an afternoon tour of the Isleta's that are clustered around the harbour of Granada. These little islands were created by the eruption of Mombacho over 1000 years ago and are now home to generations of locals as well as the playground of the rich and famous. An amazing contrast of local fishermen swimming naked in the murky waters, casting their handmade nets, next to million dollar homes with security guards patrolling year round so that the owners can come for a couple of weeks a year and enjoy the serenity.

We took a taxi down to the dock where we were inundated with competing boat owners all jostling with each other yelling in the taxi window all the reasons why they are the best tour. We finally settled on one who had a new looking boat and asked for his price, $30 for the four of us for an hour. "No way, do we look like tourists"? Oh yeah that's right, we do! We talked him down to $20 although in reality it should have been about $15. We climbed aboard and started off. It was a gorgeous day, absolutely beautiful. Even still, I had a brief surge of panic (again) as the boat left land and my mind realized there was no way off and back to land. I told Gary I thought I might have to go back, but waited it out and through concentration was able keep in under control.

We saw an incredible variety of tropical birds, some quite comical looking with their long legs and tiny bodies. Our boat driver spoken only Spanish but between Gary, Nikki & I, we were able to understand most of what he told us. We had taken with us a bag of goodies to feed the monkey's on Monkey Island and as we pulled up, prepared to toss then to shore as the last boat tour we had taken, the tour guide had told us they were crazy from their isolation on this tiny island and it was unsafe to let them take the food by hand.

Well much to our shock and horror, this boat driver pulled us right up and invited one of the Monkey's onto the boat!! We didn't notice at first as we were busy tossing cookies (galleta's) to the other monkey's on the island. This guy quickly clambered over the seats, over Gary's shoulder, to the front of the boat and grabbed the bag out of a shocked Nikki's hands! Is was horrifying and exhilarating at the same time. He then calmly sat down on the seat in front of me (I didn't move a muscle, if they even scratch you, you need to get rabies shots straight away!) stuck his head in the bag and started to work his way through the contents. Gary, bless him, instinctively tried to retrieve Nikki's bag for her at which point the monkey bared his teeth and hissed at him! Hilarious!

He first went for the cookie wrapper which he looked in, found empty and then with disgust threw it on the ground before starting to rummage again. He pulled out all the banana's and sat calmly pulling them apart and eating them. When he was done, he threw the bag on the ground saw another boat pulling up and made a flying leap on to it. Without as much as a thank you!

It was amazing. Ashley & Nikki were in awe and talked about it for the rest of the day! I had been sat so close to him I could count the hairs on his head. What an experience!