23-7-12

Hi Folks!

Up with the lark at 9.30 we made it to breakfast. Humdinger - after a long while we returned to the room and changed into swimsuits for our morning exercise in sea kayaks. Off we went into the not so deep blue yonder paddling along as happy as can be. We didn't see any wildlife in the water but sat by at watched a large bird having a very happy bath from close range.

Oh I forgot to mention - loads of pelicans - brilliant birds, now officially my favourite.

We paddled around the mangroves out into open water basically we had fun.

We returned in time for lunch - which was excellent.

Then we hit the golf course in the mother of double or quit games. The first three holes were mine in blistering form. That was it Philip ground out the rest of the game winning ever other hole while I lost all my balls and a spare with two to play. Even after trying to apply a new version of the Duckworth Lewis scoring method to golf I couldn't contrive a win (unless balls lost counted again).

But the star of the round was a near three foot bright green lizard Philip nearly trod on. Now how can you nearly tread on a bright green lizard - well you can't see them if you're not looking for them and they are hidden in plain sight. Fantastic creature that looked put out we had disturbed him from his slumbers.

I didn't tell you about the alligators at Cape Canaveral did I - olive green and very, very fierce looking. We also saw a bald eagle nest which was about the size of a mini car (the new version). The occupants were apparently up north on holiday - NASA tracks them for fun. Because they can.

After golf we went for a cooling dip n the adult pool which was peace and serenity itself.

Suitably refreshed it was time for a relax. Philip watched some TV - I went for a walk and then a chat at the bar watching the pelicans. Then dinner a bit of TV and kip - wonderful day.