Sunday 29th April

Clearwater Day 2

This morning we were up before sunrise and out to have a stroll along the beach area. It was pretty deserted of course, just the odd jogger.

Sunrise was at 7.01 this morning.

We had to check out by 11am, but the Sea Captain allowed us to keep our car in their lot - a great help as parking seemed to fill up really early in the day. Especially since the road works had removed one of the main car-parks to be used for the plant machinery.

So we took advantage of this and went over to the edge of the Motel area where you are right up against the marina. There we sat and watched the boats go by for a couple of hours. It was getting very hot by now - into the upper 80s. I tried to keep protected under one of the palms there, but I still think I caught the sun a little too much in one go.

By early afternoon it was time to move on. However, not before we did one more trip on the Sea Screamer. This time we went prepared - only the basic of items were taken with us and all in a plastic bag for protection. We were fully expecting to get sea spray over us again.

As for the dolphins, well this time we only had one run down the coast (we did 4 or 5 yesterday) but in many ways it was more spectacular today as we picked up a pod of 5 dolphins who followed us for a long time.

We did get very wet too. Within a hour of getting off the boat, we could wipe off salt from our arms and clothes!

Finally, it was time to head home. A laborious 2 hour drive home in the hot temperatures added to the sun burn somewhat! It was a relief to get back into the cool of the air-conditioned hotel room!