The dog, the cat, the fish was home when you left..
Location: Cape Verde
You’re right! We finally ended our 5 day passage this morning as we pulled into the beautiful mountains and beaches of Cape Verde. Watch team 1 had the surprise of seeing a huge pod of dolphins off our bow and a long finned pilot whale (which we learned about in Marine Bio!) as we pulled into the island. We started today off strong with the best quesadillas EVER from our lovely chef Corinne and her sous, Kyler and Kaylin. After lunch we headed into a full day of boat appreciation: including swabbing the deck, changing our sheets, and cleaning every crack and crevice of the boat. Many of the students felt the full effects of the sun as we reached tropical temps, and did not leave BA unscathed; many returning with sunburns that they will tell their grandchildren about (as depicted in figure 1 above, Sophie Schmidt). Unfortunately, while boy Sam was RSRing the boat, he fell DIRECTLY off the dinghy and straight into the water (for the first time). The next time the dinghy moved to the side, he faithfully tried leaping to safety on the swim ladder but to his dismay he did not catch himself and fell into the water again, not before crying out “NO, NO, NO, NOOOOO!” We ran onto shore for a quick check in with customs to get the all clear before our first (official) dip in the warm waters of Cape Verde. It may have been top 5 ocean showers of the trip yet! We wrapped up the day with chicken gyros for dinner before I led Vela in THE BEST Army Cadence to end Squeeze. [insert AI dancing dog meme]. I can’t wait to see what fun the next 33 days bring!
PS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE KANDAR!! I LOVE AND MISS YALL!