We had a very busy day today. I started out by baking cookies for the first graders who were coming in for the day to study insects and their habitats. I then helped Barb make an apple crisp for tonight's dessert and then worked getting more rocks out of the garden area. Dave helped the naturalist find a tarantula and a scorpion for the kids to look at. We let the kids eat lunch first and while we were eating, we could hear the kids screaming - we assume at the tarantula! After lunch, Dave and I took a group of five ladies from the Sierra Club into Coral Bay to visit an organic farm. Josephine grows vegetables and fruit on one side of her garden and ornamentals and trees on the other side. She even grows orchids. I guess she does quite a landscaping business for the well-to-do who have homes on the island. We drove the ladies back to camp and picked up some of the volunteers who wanted to go out to see Melissa and Rich. Barb, Jim, Nancy, Roy, John, Harry, Glenn, Dave and I all piled into the truck and drove out to East end. Melissa and Rich have rented the Round House which overlooks Haulover Bay (see photo). They had cocktails and snacks for us and we had a wonderful time exploring the house and looking at the incredible views. There is one bedroom in the main house and two other screen house bedrooms going down the cliff. The food was incredible - veggie pizza, fruit pizza, shrimp cocktail, fresh fruit - yum! At sunset, a number of goats made their way to a large rock below the deck (see photo). Rich says they show up every day at that time. We came back to camp a little after 6 and I had a salad for dinner as I was full from the snacks in the afternoon. After dinner, a local named Ital (see photo) came and put on a performance of African drumming and singing for the Sierra Club, guests, and volunteers. Zoe, the camp intern, accompanied him. We had a wonderful time! We were bushed when we finally got to bed, but we certainly had a full and lovely day. For some reason, I am having trouble getting the photos on today's blog, so will try one more time and if it fails again, I will try again tomorrow.
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