I HATE for anything to touch my feet. I won't even walk in our basement without turning on the light because I will freak out if I step on something and not know what it is. That being said, you can probably guess how I feel about walking barefoot in the ocean. I brought my water shoes with me but I didn't bring them to the beach because I wasn't planning on getting in. I agreed to only because they have floatable mats on each beach chair that you can take with you to lay on. So I hopped on it as soon as I was calf deep and paddled my way out to the buoy line. The water was pretty rough today. They had red flags out that mean no one should be swimming and there's no lifeguard on duty but lots of people didn't pay attention to those. Ever been in a wave pool or on a water bed even? Imagine a mean spirited person standing at the end of the bed, pushing up and down on the mattress really fast until you're ready to puke. You've now vicariously experienced the Caribbean Sea today.
We had some fun entertainment back at our seats when we saw a crab digging a hole in the wet sand close to us. We referred to it as "he" even though we don't know how to tell a crab's gender. He was funny because he would burrow in the sand and then come up and throw it. You can see the sand he splattered to the left.
After watching him for a few minutes we had to google what kind of crab he was. He's a white ghost crab, in case you were wondering. He kept going down in the hole and then popping his eyes out to watch us. A little while later several other crabs showed up. One was much bigger than the others and it chased around the one we had been watching. Here's where the pronouns get tricky because one of them was a he and one was a she and I'll tell you how I know that in a sec. So, the big one, that I'm going to now refer to as "he," chased the little one, who from here on out will be called "she," toward us, wrapped his legs around her and held her down. I started recording, thinking they were going to fight. The little one struggled for a bit but eventually went limp and so we then thought we were witnessing a crab murder. We tried to intervene by tossing some sand in their direction but the big one wouldn't give up. We googled about crabs being cannibals (they are) and thought he was going to eat her. I was sitting there, still recording, feeling like I had failed the little one by not saving her, when at the end of ten minutes, they separated, both still intact and breathing. We discovered that we didn't witness a crab murder, but instead, crab coitus. I had to google and read about crab mating because I thought she had been taken advantage of but it turns out that females like to play hard to get. If you wanna read more about crab mating rituals, https://www.livescience.com/36972-animal-sex-crabs.html, this link is very interesting 😉. So yeah, we spent a good half hour crab watching on the beach and then I was scared to walk back to the sidewalk because I didn't want one of them to come touch my feet 😝. Some people came down to the beach and I warned them about the crabs, for the crabs' sake, but they didn't even look down as they walked 😕.
We walked over to the Water Sports building next to see what they have to offer on a calm water day and got our second invitation to buy weed. The guy was like, "You find something you like to do and sign up at the bar. If you just wanna party, we can help you party too. Whatever you want to do is No Problem..." 😉😉😉🙄. We were like, "Ok, we're good, thanks." I do wanna try hydro biking one day so hopefully we can talk to someone else when we decide to do that.
We hit the bar and the pool for a while. Wanna take your drink in the pool with you? No Problem. Alcohol and swimming pools totally go together, right? Right??
Later, to get out of the sun for a bit, we found the Game Room and played some table tennis and pool. But the best part about this room was the artwork hanging on the wall 😉
You may need to zoom in a bit, there's glare...
There are several unusual pieces of art throughout the resort. Take for example the picture hanging over our bed..
What is this? We've been calling it "The Alien."
And this one hangs over the toilet. We find this a little disturbing.
Ok, well we'll be hiking the famous Dunns River Falls in the morning. I'm super excited about that! I'll tell ya how it goes!
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