Puerto Rico 3

The lazy beach day came. We slept in until 10, ate our beautiful mango, donned our damp suits, still moist from yesterday's adventures and not dry because of the humidity, and headed down to the marina. We waited around for the ferry, got on and headed to the island. It's was beautiful. We read. We slept. We explored the reef. We didn't wear shoes and our feet were dying so we went back and got our shoes from the beach. I collected coral. Mom floated. We sat in the sand. We sat in the sea. We enjoyed the tropical rain and let the tropical breeze wip through our hair. We stayed until 5ish and then we headed back, took showers and ate our fish tacos and mango drinks. We then put on our other swim suits and went to the boo bay kayaks. We waited for a solid two hours because we got there early and the   group before us was late. I told my mom that there was this small spot in the middle of my chest, and that no matter how hard the ocean, sea-spray filled wind blew all my other cares and worrys away that spot stayed and that cavity inside of me was fear got next week. For college. For every adventure and heartache to come. I am like my baby brother Reed, who is simultaneously terrified and desperate for bugs- I have wanted this so long so badly but know that it is finally here I am afraid to touch it. 

We kayaked out to the ocean and then entered into the tunnel of mangroves. It was incredible . There was a full moon and so it filtered down through the thick trees and made the water shimmer. We kayaked through and then it opened up into a bay. Then the full moon was not our friend because we could not see our glowing dinoflagellates. Instead they gave us a tarp that we took turns putting over us. You swished your hand around and then whoosh! Your hand was glowing! It was like someone poured the stuff inside glow sticks in the water, the moe you splashed the brighter it glowed. If you pulled your hand out it would sparkled like a twinkling  Christmas tree. I splashed the water over out kayack and aoon everything was blinking and twinkling. It was incredible. We kayaked back and were happy to be on shore when we did, we were salty and tired. We walked back to the resort and went to bed.