Kayaking on quarters

So, you remember the quarter incident right? For those with the attention span of a fruit fly or those having senior moments, someone left a bucket of quarters on my doorstep. They didn't identify themselves so after about a week, Mel headed over to coinstar and whammo, we've got cash.

So what to do with these oddly gotten gains? The answer was obvious: go kayaking.

That is just what we will do. Next month, Mel, the kids and I will be kayaking through a mangrove inlet in route to bio bay in Farjardo, Puerto Rico. On the east coast of the island, this bay is filled with bio lumincent creatures that make for one heck of a light show at night. Fun on a bun or what?

Two kayks: Mel and Reagan vs Ian and Me. Should be a pretty even race, uh, I mean adventure.

I am certain of two things:

that is totally not what the quarter leaving/from card forgetting person(s) had planned for their quarters.
Knowing there are 3-5 bio pros in my reader grouping, I probably got the biology wrong in describing the glowing animals in the water. Heck, I am a salesman, father, bike mechanic, blogger, soccer coach, lacrosse coach, sailor, and fake doctor; not a marine biologist. Yet. Keep it to yourselves scientists. Google is like two clicks away if I want answers.

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