Our last day on the island...we thought we would sleep in and the pack up. Well, we had been getting up at 6:30am everyday and basically slept until 7 this morning. So much for sleeping in. We got up and did all the fun stuff--clean out the fridge, get the scuba stuff together, pack up, etc. We left the condo around 11am. We had a 5:30pm flight so we planned on bringing our empty bottles back to the brewery and hit the last few geocaches on our list. We got about 20 minutes into our drive and ran into a stand still. Traffic was moving but very, very slowly. We couldn't figure out if there was an accident or what. We later found out they were having an agricultural show--I still can't believe they could fit all the cars at the show grounds.
We finally got thru all that traffic and couldn't find the brewery...no big deal, we will hit it on the way to the airport. We decided to head up and attempt to find the Pursuit of Art geocache. We were a little optimistic when they were closed for the holiday (Ash Wednesday). We walked around the side of the house but said that looked like the neighbors yard. We went around back to the yard with the dog. We debated and then decided to go for it. The dog was super friendly...we looked around for a few seconds when someone popped out of the house. He was basically like--what are you doing? We replied that we were geocachers...he had this blank stare on his face...he said that he was watching the shop for his Mom and didn't know anything about geocaching. We showed him the sheet...which stated we had permission to go thru the gate...he replied that we must have the wrong house because his Mom would never allow that with the dog. It turns out we were at the right spot but how annoying...yeah, we are trespassing, don't mind us. Oh--and the best part--the geocache states that the coordinates are about 50 feet off. So, we have a cache that doesn't have the correct coordinates but says you can go thru the fence to get the cache. Did I mention there were 3 gates within 50 feet?? The best part is someone emailed me telling me that I should adjust my coordinates...the owner told me they weren't right!! Very frustrating...so we headed on to the next one.
This was one we missed the other day. Others had since found it so we decided to go back. Once we accepted that we were at the correct location, we started looking...down...and there it was. It was a travel bug hotel so we were expecting something big--it was a plantar's peanuts bottle. We went and grabbed another one on the beach--our second First to Find on this trip!
We then decided to try to find the brewery...we found it all right but they were closed so we just left the bottle outside. We went to Sunset House for lunch at My Bar...they offer shore diving here. We talked to people who were getting ready for a shore dive. We realized that we really should come back to do more shore dives and less boat dives.
We got to the airport with plenty of time. We had one last Caybrew and waited to board. Since Jason has the Silver Elite status with Northwest, we are allowed to board early. Jason got a nice surprise...upgraded to first class! I was stuck back in the regular cabin but that was okay. I got talking with the guy in the aisle seat in my row. He is going to Vet School in the Caymans and is a scuba diver so we had a lot to talk about. Jason rubbed it in about how he got free drinks, soup, salad, shrimp kung-pao...
We made it to Houston and Jason got upgraded again! He offered the seat to me but I said no...he should take it. I didn't make it very long on that plane ride. My body thought it was around 11pm so I basically slept the whole way. We made it home safely and were greeted by the kitties who were just so happy to see us!
Stay tuned for our next adventure!!
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