Location: Colon, Panama
Hello, this is Arthur. If you dont know who I am, I have lovely curly hair, and I like stabbing coconuts (written by the creative input).
This morning was a relatively chill morning. I didnt remember I was skipper, so I slept in and made other people do my job, which I proudly told everyone was delegation (written by creative input and just not true at all). I woke up deciding it would be a great idea to use my leadership skills to delegate my job to all my companions. This made wake-ups go a lot smoother, as Avi is very good at being heard and very reliable, letting us have breakfast at a reasonably early time.
At breakfast, I said zero, but contemplated making someone else do it. Im kind of known as the lazy one out of the group (not true). Then I went downstairs and tried picking out a shirt, but couldnt find which one was blue because, if you didnt know, Im terminally colorblind.
Then we went on a hike, which was really just walking on the side of the road for 12 miles (13, because nav master Charlie and nav master-in-training Aidan made a few wrong turns). At least we got to see a cool ant highway on one of the side roads. I was walking next to my amazing friends, loved by all, Ruby and Gavi. They are, to all but especially me, the light of Argo. They are super cool, and even though I cant exactly tell what color their eyes are, I know that I have never been able to stop myself from getting lost in them (this self-glaze was not written by me).
We also saw a crocodile. And a toucan! And a baby monkey, which I refused to take a picture of, even though its my job today, because I thought it was precious. I made sure other members of the crew got good photos to AirDrop to me, hopefully. (Delegation.)
I was told by a certain someone that I walked around today claiming to be good at identifying birds. I also talked about how, if I could be any animal, it would be a common pigeon, and I would eat trash. This is not fully true, as I have been constantly gaslit over the past few weeks that Im colorblind, among other non-factual things.
We finally made it to our destination: some rocks and ruins. They were cool, but wouldve been more enjoyable if there were a restaurant waiting there for us as well. We saw some lemur-looking things. I spent my time there daydreaming about shooting cannons at passing boats.
On the way back, Charlie had to keep urging me to go faster, since I was so far behind waiting for my walking partners, Ruby and Gavi. They were dying of thirst and were very exhausted. At one point, Mars carried Gavi on his shoulders, and the rest of the crew in front of us, for once, finally played some music that wasnt house music, which was a nice change.
Jonas had a lot to say about his chafing, as his undergarments were ill-fitting, and when he walked, he had a peculiarly funny gait, looking like a drunk uncle waddling back from the bar, as I explained to some.
After hours of walking in the burning sun, we finally made it back to Shelter Bay Marina, where we got some cold drinks at the convenience store. We were then greeted by some pasta Alfredo made by Skylar, and then had to help get provisions for our next passage.
Then, right on cue, Will and Jonas in their very Scottish accents theyve been practicing for the last two weeks.
We now have 700 packs of ramen, and Skylar proudly burst down the companionway in triumph, announcing victory in the almond milk chugging contest with Ani. Then I happily got dressed in my very best clothes and my new bandana for special occasions. We went out to the restaurant for a sign-out night. We had a very good brownie for dessert.
As you can tell, I had some creative input from Ruby and Gavi over the nice sign-out night dinner.
Love,