Sweetie Pie slips back into her book. I’m reading a little but am prepared to spring a plan. It’s Sunday afternoon, I check the sea every once in a while for a sailboat. When I notice one coming I point it out to Sweetie Pie. As she watches I serenade her with Downstream by Supertramp.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN_7mHDknyM
It’s time for a swim. We stop at the deck above the sea access level and take a gander; it’s maybe an 8 foot dive. Sweetie Pie has a reticent look on her face. We didn’t bring down our snorkel gear so I recommend we just swim today off of the access deck. She agrees and we go down and dive in. We swim for a bit, the water is just perfect. Cool enough to refresh you, warm enough to stay in for a long time. Sweetie Pie swims back to the access deck and scurries up to the 8 foot deck looking ready to jump. She’s so adventurous. She starts toward the edge and hesitates. “Do you want me to go first?” I ask. A nod and a smile bring me out of the water. I take the leap but because I don’t know how deep the water is I open my elbows out as I hit the water. It stops me shallow but even from only 8 feet it puts a nice little smack on my triceps. Sweetie Pie jumps in after me and keeps her feet together and her hands tucked in at her side. She goes down further than I expect her to, further than I did. She comes up smiling and excited, we swim around for a while and get back out.
The sea shower on the cliffs at HSH is unique. One of the deck platforms was built to extend back between the cliff and a very large rock that has cleaved off of it. From the resort at the top of the cliff you cross a cement stair bridge to reach the top of this large rock where the stairs continue to meander down. The piping for the shower runs down from the side of the bridge and the shower is directly under the bridge. This creates a very cool secluded shower spot with some incredible views.
As I head over to turn on the shower I hear Sweetie Pie say, “Oh, I’ve cut myself pretty bad!” I wish this was the first time I’d heard Sweetie Pie utter those words! I look over and her left foot looks like it’s covered in blood. Mild panic sets in, we grab a towel and quickly realize that the water was making it look worse than it is. Still, she has a coral cut that has broken well through the skin. We quickly rinse off at the sea shower and head up to the room. We run into Charlie and when he sees Sweetie Pies foot he runs off to grab something he can’t remember the name of. He returns with hydrogen peroxide and we rinse out the wound.
