It was showering off and on when we got on the bus for our St. Thomas excursion early on Day 5. On arrival at the kayaking site, we needed to wait under a tent for another tour to arrive, and then for the pre-excursion briefing. While waiting, it started pouring. YAY.
But then, a miracle! Right when we headed out, the rain stopped and the sun came out. We kayaked through a mangrove lagoon to Cas Cay, where we stopped for a hermit crab race (mine was pretty feisty, but he kept going the wrong way. Alice's didn't move much at all... I hope he wasn't dead.) Then we hiked a trail to Red Rock Point, pausing along the way to see the various mangrove trees and some termite nests. The Point was an area of colorful volcanic rock that came together to form blowholes, i.e., rock formations that, when hit by waves, make an otherwise peaceful spot dramatically choppy. You can get drenched pretty quickly with little warning, as I did.
Snorkeling around the mangrove roots wasn't that impressive; for one, the fish are inherently smaller (that's why they're there, to hide from the bigger fish), and also, we were with a rather large tour that kicked up plenty of sand. Ah well, at least the water was warm and the weather held up.
That evening, we participated in a murder mystery dinner with Ron and Dayong and two other cruise guests. Alice and I were each either very convincing, or very unconvincing, because most people thought that I (as Leilani, the hula dancer) was guilty while in fact Alice (as Johnny Breakers, the surfer dude) was the murderer all along.
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