Tuesday, January 21st we went to the Clifton National Park. We planned to spend the day with tours of the old plantation as well as snorkeling and swimming. When we arrived we found out it was cash only so we had to run off to find an ATM which took us a little while. While gone we bought some Subway sandwiches for lunch and some drinks.
We missed the official tour while we were off getting money so we opted to just do a self tour of the grounds. It was HOT. We saw the gardens and the old slave quarters. It's always hard to see old slave quarters and things like that. I don't understand how we humans can treat each other so badly.
We were plenty hot by then and super happy to head toward the beach. It was just gorgeous!
We walked to the beach where the snorkeling was. There was a sculpture garden in the water and we were excited to see it. Supposedly it's been used in various movies as well. Frank and I snorkeled out (water was a little rough, we were glad to have our fins) and saw the sculptures as well as a reef nearby. It was enjoyable but the sculptures were a little underwhelming. We thought "garden" meant lots and lots but there were only about 4 big-ish sculptures and several concrete balls to help create a reef. The reef itself had quite a lot of fish which was nice.
In order to get into the water we had to walk though at least a foot high pile of seaweed. It was gross and I wish I'd gotten a picture of it!
We spent a little time just enjoying the lounge chairs and eating our lunch and then we walked to the next beach down the road.
We relaxed there for some time before the park closed and we had to leave for the day.
The guys have a plan to go on a fishing trip tomorrow
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