Lobsters and our LAST NIGHT in MARATHON!

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August 22nd 2009

Published: August 22nd 2009

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Sightseeing

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Coming back from the morning dive.

Hello again! So yesterday was another one of those infamous "lazy days." When I woke up, Todd, Melissa, and Grandpa were out on the boat hunting for some lobsters to go with the 2 Todd already caught. Luckily I made it out to the dock by the time they got home, and I got to take pictures of the lobsters (or "bugs" as they call them) before they were prepped for dinner! Grandpa is so good with the creatures! He can just lift them up no problem! Not going to lie, they kind of scare me. Grandpa had watched Todd prep them at the fish table the previous day, so he just jumped on in there and tore their heads off haha!

After that we all just kind of hung around. You'd be sick to hear how many hours I slept in total that day :-P Talk about complete relaxation! Mom and Dad took a nice walk to the beach. Later on, Melissa, Todd, Max, and Grandpa took a ride out in the boat. I, of course, stayed back because of my horrible sea sickness. For dinner we had surf and turf (I only had the turf since I don't

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Look at that diver!

like lobster) and played a little Yahtzee.

So today was pretty interesting. Melissa, Todd, and Grandpa left early on the boat to do some fishing/diving/snorkeling. Unfortunately, all the lobsters had been cleaned out of the spots they went to. Melissa did find some pretty seashells though! I actually got my butt in motion and joined Mom and Dad in the pool! We played a little volleyball and just enjoyed the sun and fresh air. At some point the volleyball got knocked into the bushes. I went to go get it and somehow my knee had an allergic reaction with the plants in the area and I legitimately broke out in itchy hives. It pretty much sucked! I took medicine and it knocked me out until dinner haha!

For dinner we made a reservation at this seafood and sushi restaurant that all the locals go to. Melissa and Todd's friends (Jim and Sue) who live down here in a condo joined us and we had an all around good time. Driving back to the house, I realized how much I'm going to miss this place. This was a pretty nice vacation and by far one of the most

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VICTORY!

relaxing.

Thank you guys for keeping up with our vacation! Within the next couple of days I'll try to make an additional post with miscellaneous pictures from the other camera (Mom's and Melissa's). We wish you all were here! Love you!

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