So true! It was quite breezy when we woke up this morning. But we were told by our friends if we drove around the point we would have great conditions at the swimming pool on the south east side of the island. Lucky for us this island is small enough we could circle the entire island in only 2 hours. So to get to the suggested swimming pool – only 30 minutes.
A beautiful drive through the island. The towns are so small, sometimes you think you are turning into someone’s driveway when actually you are turning onto the main road! The main road (at its fastest points) actually looks more like a forest – a bit of a surprise on this small tropical island.
We were rocking out to latin music… and then suddenly a hip hop rendition of Staying Alive – just as we passed some large hay bales. So we stopped the car, climbed under some barbed wire, and had the kids strike their best 70’s pose on top of the hay bales!
The swimming pool we visited today was near Calheta. Another treat for the kids – lot’s of fish, SO MUCH lava rock to climb on, big rocks to jump off of, a slide and even a little restaurant for a late day dinner. The kids have each found their own ways to keep themselves entertained:
ASHLEY – her favorite pool activity is searching for fish. She purchased an underwater camera specifically for this trip and spends many hours in the water (snorkeling gear on!) hunting for critters. Today’s swimming pool she discovered sea urchins (which we caught and munched on for a late afternoon snack), star fish and (almost) an octopus.
Ashley did ask me a question today - "how do you sunbathe? Is it like cooking a pancake? Do you lie on one side until you're brown and then flip over?"
My answer - "Exactly."
TYLER – can’t sit still! He discovered the best cliff jump today (at least 25 ft up) and must have jumped from the cliff over 20 times throughout the day. I’m not sure he spent any time out of the water… downtime was on the cliff thinking about what kind of jump he would do next!
LUKE – can’t quite decide which sibling he wants to hang with. He hunted fish with Ashley. He jumped the cliff with Tyler. He climbed the lava rocks with Andrew. He’s like a kid in a candy store – he just can’t get enough of the ocean.
ANDREW – no interest in the water today. He was in his shorts/tshirt and sneakers all day. There was endless amounts of lava rock today and Andrew spent the entire day climbing around on the rocks.
JIM – ventured into the water to catch the urchins for our afternoon snack and otherwise spends his day trying to keep an eye on the kids climbing around on the rocks (because he doesn’t really know how to sit still either)
JEN – official family photographer and happy sunbather! Sunbathing is not something you get to do with four kids (usually) so I have no problem catching a nice long nap on my beach towel! Although the kids surely talked up the fish in the pool today, so I did venture in a few times with my snorkeling mask (pretty cool!). Sorry... no pictures of Jen sunbathing (ha ha!).
And everyone thinks they are a fisherman! Griff picked up a couple small fish free diving off the shore (proudly held by Andrew). Tyler and the rest of the kids gave it their best shot too!
We finally wrapped up at the pool around 7pm and did a short walk up the hill to the restaurant for dinner. Food, drinks and more lava rock for the kids to climb on. Perfect entertainment! The sun started to set, a couple whaling boats were visible on the water… another beautiful day on Pico Island!
Home from the ‘beach’ at 10pm… for another family night of UNO and War (card games have become our pre-bedtime activity). Loving all this family time together!
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