yeah. that's because we had to board the catamaran at 9:30. the key west fury was to take us out on an eight hour cruise, complete with snorkeling, kayaking, jet-skiing, parasailing and tours of the island.
we made it, although we were a bit sluggish. tom almost got sea sick before we boarded. seems he forgot that he often got motion sickness and the floating dock -- which he concentrated on like a nasa scientist -- was making things worse.
we cruised out to a reef in the gulf, tied off and jumped in. we were warned not to touch the coral because of killing it, but besides that, given free reign to go anywhere we wanted.
snorkeling has to be the next best thing to flying as far as peacefulness and being close to God. laying on the water, seeing all the fish... feels like you're in an aquarium. i even swam alongside two different schools of fish. amazing!
one of the schools was bright blue fish whose backs illuminated a neon purple as the sun reflected through the water. they didn't seem to mind me... just swam perfectly as they do stopping briefly to nibble off coral.
tom saw a baracuda... i didn't get to see that but i did see many other large fish. even the cool little one that has his eye - obviously - and then a spot on his tail to fool predators. it made me wonder... i know it's a cool defense mechanism. but, should a larger fish bite at his tail, wouldn't he bleed thus attracting sharks leading to death anyway?
sometimes i shouldn't think so much.
joshua and i went kayaking... we saw a few beached boats on a couple sandbars then one that was burned out from katrina. on the burned one was several pelicans. much like the fish, they just looked at us like what are ya'll doing here. it might not have been ya'll... not sure if they were southern pelicans.
breakfast and lunch was provided so we ate on the boat while meeting people from around the country. it was awesome.
coming in, it was all-you-could-drink alcohol. needless to say, we were tipsy stepping off.
and here... get this... there are pools inside the clubs. that's where we headed and lounged for a while. it was weird at first but we got used to it.
back at the hotel we napped. then we went out again. joshua was pooped so he stayed in.
we went to the drag show at 801... it's not the same as atlanta but is alright. here, it's much, much more catered to tourist. the i'm-at-home feel you have in atlanta is missing here. just with drag, though, not all the clubs.
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