It was an uneventful sail and a
quick one as well, which was full of school work and routine chores. We did
have a talent show (using talent loosely), a 50’s diner night which included
burgers and a game of Sock Assassin. The only other thing, is I had earned my
snack bag back, although much smaller than my original one I promptly lost
snack privileges again….sigh. Since the bag was so small I couldn’t quite fit
the few snacks I had in it, so I filled my pockets of my Foulies (storm wear)
which hangs in a separate closet. Somehow they decided to search and found many
culprits and we all lost our snack bags, but at least I wasn’t as desperate as
some that were storing peanut butter and jam jars in their gear.
After our 3 day sail we arrived in the
Canary Islands, specifically La Palma. This island is cool being only 50km long
by 15km wide and is basically one big volcano. One end of the island is the Los
Tilos forest, which is a rain forest and is chilly and humid, where the south is
hot and dry. Much of the days were spent hiking the volcanoes and spending time
on the black sand beaches.
As much of the island is a World
Biosphere Reserve it is really unique and also has laws regarding night time
light pollution. The island has a number of observatories, which we got to
visit and have an evening view of planets and various galaxies, which was very
interesting.
La Palma is beautiful and ended
up being a relaxing few days where I could continue to finish some of my English
Literature Othello project and complete my Marine Biology lab on low versus
high tide organisms. Another short trip and we get to Senegal, which will be
interesting due to safety concerns and our home stay.
Chat soon!
Easton
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