On Friday morning, we found out we would not be able to check into our Coolangata apartment early, so we made arrangements to stay another night at the Wyndham Vacation Club. There were no one bedrooms available for the night, however - but there was a three bedroom, so we all ended up moving down a few doors. It was nice, because we got to see a one, two, and three bedroom unit! (Trying to look on the brightside of having to move.)
After moving, we picked up some subway to have a picnic in a nearby national park. As we drove closer, the rain started. By the time we got up there, it was pretty wet. There were picnic tables with covering, so we still ate, and Geoffrey got soaking wet splashing in the puddles and playing in the rain. It passed quickly, but stayed cloudy and foggy - very poor visibility - but we went ahead and did a short loop hike anyway, and got a quick view of the beach far below between patches of thick fog. THere was a peaceful, mystic quality to the foggy, wet rainforest.
Next, we drove to Grant's beach to see the view, and then went to a totally awesome playground. The playground had this swing that was a large blue disk that was on bearings so it kept going and going - so fun. It also had an old-school merry-go-round that we had fun spinning on.
Next, we drove to a light house, (Geoffrey fell asleep on the way). It was super windy, and we saw a double rainbow (actually, the third rainbow we'd seen today!)
Back at the apartment, Geoffrey finished his nap. While he slept, Grant and I took a walk down to the beach (stopping at a book store where I got a couple of used books). After our walk we went back to wait for Geoff to wake up, and we watched the rest of Indiana Jones with Blake. For dinner, we had Italian take-away. Then we watched Wall-E and went to bed.
The next day, we did the long drive (5 1/2 hours) to Coolangata. Not much to say about the drive. We learned that a milk shake is pretty milky, and you have to order a "thick shake" if you want what we would consider a shake in America.
We finally arrived and checked into our apartment. The unit is beautiful - Blake has a room with two double beds, Gary has a queen, and Grant, Geoff and I are sharing the master which has a king - it has two bathrooms, a full kitchen, and a very open layout. Unfortunately, it is on the third floor - the lowest floor possible - (the pool and gym is on the second floor just outside our windows, which means that at night, anyone out there can see right in if we haveour blinds open, which we do, becaue we have the windows open.) Gary is not happy about the low floor, so we're not unpacking tonight because Gary is going to see if we can move higher tomorrow....
We went to dinner at a Malaysian restaurant which was really good. Then we played at a playground and got some ice cream on our way back. The weather here is very nice - warmer then south, of course - cool but not cold. Similar to HB.
After moving, we picked up some subway to have a picnic in a nearby national park. As we drove closer, the rain started. By the time we got up there, it was pretty wet. There were picnic tables with covering, so we still ate, and Geoffrey got soaking wet splashing in the puddles and playing in the rain. It passed quickly, but stayed cloudy and foggy - very poor visibility - but we went ahead and did a short loop hike anyway, and got a quick view of the beach far below between patches of thick fog. THere was a peaceful, mystic quality to the foggy, wet rainforest.
Next, we drove to Grant's beach to see the view, and then went to a totally awesome playground. The playground had this swing that was a large blue disk that was on bearings so it kept going and going - so fun. It also had an old-school merry-go-round that we had fun spinning on.
Next, we drove to a light house, (Geoffrey fell asleep on the way). It was super windy, and we saw a double rainbow (actually, the third rainbow we'd seen today!)
Back at the apartment, Geoffrey finished his nap. While he slept, Grant and I took a walk down to the beach (stopping at a book store where I got a couple of used books). After our walk we went back to wait for Geoff to wake up, and we watched the rest of Indiana Jones with Blake. For dinner, we had Italian take-away. Then we watched Wall-E and went to bed.
The next day, we did the long drive (5 1/2 hours) to Coolangata. Not much to say about the drive. We learned that a milk shake is pretty milky, and you have to order a "thick shake" if you want what we would consider a shake in America.
We finally arrived and checked into our apartment. The unit is beautiful - Blake has a room with two double beds, Gary has a queen, and Grant, Geoff and I are sharing the master which has a king - it has two bathrooms, a full kitchen, and a very open layout. Unfortunately, it is on the third floor - the lowest floor possible - (the pool and gym is on the second floor just outside our windows, which means that at night, anyone out there can see right in if we haveour blinds open, which we do, becaue we have the windows open.) Gary is not happy about the low floor, so we're not unpacking tonight because Gary is going to see if we can move higher tomorrow....
We went to dinner at a Malaysian restaurant which was really good. Then we played at a playground and got some ice cream on our way back. The weather here is very nice - warmer then south, of course - cool but not cold. Similar to HB.
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