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Beautiful day in the 'hood
... a bit. The fruit is amazing (I had a snack before) and so are the tomatoes. It looks like it’s pizza for supper. Tomorrow night, it’s Mexican. It’s my friend’s birthday and she’s having a party so that should be interesting. They opened up another casino, so now there are two in walking distance if that’s what you like and a gorgeous golf course across the street. ...
Day 1
It stopped raining upon arrival. Apparently, it had rained 3 days straight. I received a very warm welcome from the staff I had the pleasure of meeting the year before. I awoke to a beautiful day. Guess I brought my own sunshine. Checked into the Premium Club and spent a good portion of the day by their hot tub unfortunately, tepid was more like it, but refreshing after sitting in the hot sun.
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Scout Camp Part 5
... another camper that the scouts' tents
were collapsing.
It wasn't long before I was helping to fold up tents and haul sopping
sleeping bags and clothing to the still-covered general area so they could
be staged for an emergency exit. We ate a hasty meal while still working
and near dusk, the bus that had brought the scouts arrived and they marched
in single file back onto it and took them down the road. The rain slowed ...
The Day I Did 27 Waterfalls!
... at the beauty of it! I was glad to have my life vest and my helmet at this point! We had to swim to the base of the waterfall and then the guides, who had gone ahead of time, literally lifted us up to the top of this fall.
The whole time I was so grateful for Berny because he took my ziploc-wrapped non-waterproof camera and wrapped it in Rodolfo's shirt and this he wrapped in a black plastic bag! He did all the waterfalls with us and while he swam, ...
Day 34: Oh no, we've sprung a leak!
... strips of plastic grocery bag into the leak until the water began to slow. Once all the strips of Winn-Dixie bags were overflowing from the crack, I wrapped a piece of sheet rubber around the pipe, tightened a pipe clamp around it so the rubber would seal the plastic bag in place and BAM, no water! We let it sit for a bit and still no water. Perfect time to leave the boat and go explore the mountains of the Dominican Republic.
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