Crusin-Nov 3rd (continued)

Dunn’s Falls was the place where our tour guide warned us about the vendors. He said that someone would ask you your name and if you told them they would quickly make something with your name on it and expect you to buy it. He also said someone might hand you a necklace and if you took It you bought it. We did run into these folks and because of his warning we were ready. He also preferred we buy our stuff at the dolphin swim place—that was his company. The vendors were rude in the way they would accost you and then if they got you to look or slow down they would try to sell you something.
The falls itself was a different story. They did have guides to help you up the falls if you wanted but I wanted to try it on my own. I don’t know how high they are but I got a good workout climbing them. It wasn’t easy and I had to back track a couple of times because I picked a path that turned out to be a little too risky to try. I did not want to hurt myself so I was being quite careful.


That's me in the green shirt



 Penny walked the stairs besides the falls and tried to get some good pictures of me.

I was feeling a sense of accomplishment when I reached the top only to find what looked like a shallow pool was actually a deeper sandy hole and I ended up with only my head above the water sitting in the pool. Penny got good pictures of this! I was hot after the climb and decided to take advantage of my misfortune and just sit there for a while and cool down.

Then it was back to the bus again for the long ride back. This time Norman didn’t talk all the way. He played reggae music until we were almost back and then he conducted quiz- guys against gals- to see who was paying attention on the way out to his talk. Penny did surprisingly well in answering.

When we left our ship was anchored out in the harbor and we were tendered ashore. As we approached the harbor we could see that the ship was not out there. Norman joked that we could wave goodbye as our ship left us. But we weren’t late! The ship had the opportunity to pull up to a dock while we were gone and as we got closer we could see it docked up ahead.

Our tour guide, Norman

Once back on the ship it was the regular routine of dinner and then a show.

Kitty Update—I haven’t talked about the cats in a while. At first when we got back maybe 1 cat would show up at night, then some nights 2. This past Wednesday and Thursday Marmalade showed up and stayed all day and night. She would follow me around outside and meow at me. She’s now been out there each night for about a week along with Meredith. Three nights ago Velcro showed up and has been there each night since. Buzz shows on and off. So I’ve seen all 4 cats on and off just not all at once. I guess trapping that possum did some good.