Day 3 of awesomeness...

Everyone was bright eyed and bushy tailed this morning as they were all looking forward to another fun-filled day! Once again, we begin our day a wonderful sunrise and fantastic breakfast outside on the porch. Next, off to Walsingham Nature Reserve and Blue Hole Park for a exciting adventure with our long-time Bermuda friend Dreaddy. We took some time listening about the creation of Bermuda and the existence of the caves on the island. After a small hike, we encountered an area with a small overlook and two spots to dive off the cliffs into the water hole. One spot is about 15 feet high and the other closer to 20. Almost everyone took their chances and jumped at least one time, some people jumped several times. We then began a longer hike with several stops along the way to learn more about the reserve and history of the Bermudian environment. To cap off our morning, we actually got to swim in a cave for a while! The water was a little cool but still we had an absolute blast!

 

Then we were served awesome chili, meat filled and vegetarian, for lunch and back out on the road. Our fantastic driver, Kenny, then brought us to Achilles Bay for more swimming and snorkeling. We saw all kinds of cool fishes and even saw a few wicked big West Indian top shells (large, edible sea snails). Some of the students went out searching for shells and other things in the pink sand and came back with some beautiful shells. Back to BIOS for showers and dinner and then a small group session where we all shared our favorite parts of the day, a difficult part of the day and what we are looking forward to tomorrow. Then off to a Supernatural season opener and some down time under the starry skies.