Thursday

We leave on our cruise tomorrow, but it feels as if we've had a wonderful holiday already. Today was so fun. Sandra took us to the Loggerhead Marine Museum which is a rescue and research centre for loggerhead and green sea turtles. We had a private tour where we got to see a half dozen or more turtles in various stages of rehabilitation as well as a large number of hatchlings. They are fascinating animals -- quite a bit more appealing than land tortoises. It was interesting to see the difference between the newly-rescued and still-sick turtles and the recovered ones almost ready to be returned to their natural habitat. Did you know that it is not possible to tell the sex of a sea turtle until it is fully-adult -- and that isn't until they are about 25 years old?
After out turtle visit we had a picnic lunch on Juno Beach. The surf was up as a result of a tropical storm that passed by some distance away. It was great to feel the warm sand and the fresh sea breeze. We had supper at home with Tom and Sandra. Nita did all our laundry for us and we are pretty much packed and ready to launch the next part of our adventure. It starts with breakfast out at the almond French toast restaurant.