Long delay, I know, so I'll steal one of my favorite Luvsdaislands trip report bits - Let's continue...
Turtles are tottling about the boat launch, like everything else today this runs a little slow. We’d been riding in the back of the bus with Brasi for the last stretch. He busted out the McCleod tartan scarf we will hang at the bar. I’m super psyched. We end up being the first ones on the boat, me and Brasi and Sweetie Pie. We’re on by ourselves for a little bit, who knew turtles would be so slow to take to the sea? Finally Sweetness gets on board with more than a little trepidation. Pooper sits down next to her to offer support. She is facing some personal demons to do this part of the trip. Big up, much respect sista! Do you need me to smack anyone for you? You know I will. I’ll smack ‘em good and hard for you, you just let me know…
SpottyCatz get on board and Booger takes up the coxswain’s position. Wish I’d remembered to call him that at the time, I would have had A LOT of fun with that… I’m telling you, this takes a little while, Sweetie Pie grabs a number of shots of boats and birds and dogs and… Hey we’re pulling away from the dock! Now we just need to sit idling in the river for a while as the entire process is repeated for launch number two. Which is not any more coordinated than our launch… Our captain points out all the crocodiles, which here amounts to one HUGE stuffed Croc on the dock at Swaby’s Black River Safari.
After a long idle listening to much commotion on the launch dock we finally have a second boat of turtles under way. As we head out the estuary into the open sea the water gets rougher and Sweetness does NOT like it. We’re cutting through 2-3 footers and getting a little bump-bump and sea spray with each wave. Sweetie Pie is covering her camera and Brasi is covering his head! Not really, he’s actually coming around at this point and we’re very excited. It’s a long run along the coast before you get to Pelican. We evaluate the probable cost and level of desirability of a number of waterfront properties. It is beautiful here.
