Tuesday, Feb 28th.

Sitting in the coffee shop just chilling out.  Bill is out jogging.  I am knitting / blogging / people watching. 

It's interesting how many people in the coffee shop are on their phones working.  I guess people don't take vacations any more. ( I know, I am VERY guilty of this, too).

It's unusually windy right now - according to the locals.  But I really can't complain about the weather.    The weather is perfect for being out and about now.  Yesterday we hiked over to Turtle Bay.  Beautiful walk.  We didn't see any turtles at turtle bay but that's okay.  We did get a couple of sprinkles of rain at one point.  I kind of like that - just enough to notice and cool you off.  But not enough to really feel like you are getting wet. 

I am glad that I am getting in some good walks - that makes me more confident I will be able to keep up in Australia.  We are supposed to be able to walk up to 3 miles a day over varied terrain.  I am pretty comfortable with that now. 

This hotel has been very good for us.  It's an interesting place.  Lots of different places to hang out - both inside and outside.  Lots of groups of people.  I think this is a good place for family groups / wedding / etc.   It's kind of like a resort except it's not an 'all inclusive' place.  Lots of additional charges for various things.  I'm not looking forward to seeing the bill when we leave. 

We are trying to stay up later in order to get ready for our next 6 hour time shift ( sigh ).   Last night we hung out at the lobby bar for awhile.  SO much going on at once.  Live music / young people flirting / little kids dancing with their parents / people waiting to get into the restaurants / groups of people hanging out.  It was fun to be a fly on the wall.  

Tomorrow we head for Australia.  15 hours on the plane ( 😖 ) and another 6 hours of time shift.  We will have 24 hours before the rest of our tour shows up.  We hope to find a place to do some laundry.  Washing stuff in the sink is fine.  Getting it to dry in time to pack is more problematic 🥴.  We have the 'quick dry' clothes - they are supposed to dry in 2 hours.  So far, it's been over 24.  Not very hot here.  Perhaps that's why.