Tuesday, March 24 - Meeting people.. Shuckums.. Jet Ski Dolphin Tour
So I believe it was this day that Cody and I took the dolphin jet ski trip out to St. Andrew's State Park/Shell Island. The guide said this would be one of the "roughest excursions we've had in some time." The wind was high, and the waves were enough to scare me to death as I rode on the back of Cody and I's waverunner. We were a decent distance out into the Gulf, away from the Bay and Channel. During these massive waves I was the first out of 3 in our 12 person group to get thrown off, and I definately made it count. Took what seemed like forever to swim back to Cody and climb back on...but probably my favorite part of the trip! Even better than seeing the four dolphins jumping and playing in the waves with us. Back at the hotel we met some more people, dined once more at Shuckums, and Cody and I walked the beach until we got tired and turned in.
Wednesday, March 25 - Hanging Around the Pool, Who was Jesus?, Huge Party at our Room
Today we spent some time out on the sun deck. All started with me wanting some time in the hammock, but when I got down a couple had already taken it..so I sat on a deck chair with some girls to the right, closed my eyes, and enjoyed the sun. THEN IT HAPPENED.. as I opened my eyes again, 2 guys sat to my left right next to me.. and I happened to notice the one was wearing the shirt of a "christian band." I thought to myself 'god damn it.. I almost made it through the week....' Started off with some icebreaker questions to me, "So where ya from man?" "Play any sports? Yeah I was big into Ultimate back in college" "Nice day huh? Kinda makes you wanna crack open a Bud and watch the girls on the beach, right?" At this point I'm thinking 'you son of a bitch..' then it comes... "So what do you know about our God?" Lucky for me, Cody and Eug soon arrived.. all three of us just LOVE to have this kind of talk... but the guys seemed nice, and not as stuck up as other wannabe martyrs, so I let it go. ANYWAYS... later that night we had a HUGE party in the room with people from all over the hotel that we had met at the pool that day after we left the Jesus Junkies. Eugene had a contender for Quote of the Trip: "Yeah, I was interested in organized religions... then I was distracted by life."
The Rest of the Week (Thurs-Sat)
Thurs I got back into Harpoon's, Friday we had another party. and Saturday we hit up Margaritaville before we departed around 2:30. Each day (Thurs, Fri, and Sat..) it was dark, stormy, and cold. Rain, thunder, lightning ruled each night. And there was no sun. But Margaritaville was definately a great way to end the trip! Our waitress let me drink with no I.D. after hearing my story, we got to hear the music that takes the worries away and let us think that it was really sunny outside, and it was just a brilliant way to end the trip in the spirit that it should have been. Got back to Cbus around 7, home around 9. The End!
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