Monday, December 1, 2025 — It was another colorful dawn, despite the fact that the sunrise itself was completely blocked by clouds.

After we finished school and morning chores, we went to lunch at Grabbers with Tiki Tour. Conveniently, Grabbers had their own dock.

Monday, November 24, 2025 – Just before the sun poked over the horizon

Our feet and legs were completely covered with red welts from all the bug bites. Eric had 32 bites on one of his legs and at least 15 on the other. Christi and Keith were not far behind in the bug bite count. None of us wanted to go to shore today because we did not want to get any more bug bites.

After morning chores and school, Eric and Keith went for a swim around boat. The water was a little bit on the cold side, so they wore wetsuits. They had fun playing in the water. Eric wanted to clean the water line, but Christi forbade him. Eric’s back was slowly getting better each day, but it still wasn’t 100% better and she was worried that he’d strain his back all over again. Christi did not go in as the water was too cold for her, even with a 3/2mm wetsuit. Here was a photo of the bottom, showing how amazingly clear the water was, the sea grass, the lone starfish, and our anchor chain.

Dawn on Sunday November 23, 2025

As was typical, we did chores in the morning, then headed to shore in the afternoon. Our plan was to get lunch at a restaurant on Lubbers Quarters, but first we wanted to get a closer look at the castle that we could see to the south of Kosmos and to scope out the area to see if it looked promising for snorkeling. The castle was cool looking, but it wasn’t as impressive up close as it was far away. It almost looked like a small apartment building behind a house.