May 8th 2019, posted may 10th at 9:51 pm because we did not have wifi before

Today we woke up and got to relax this morning. I saw my dad off to the airport and spent the rest of the morning with Frank’s family. At noon, we went to the diving place for an afternoon dive. Today we dove at Paintings, which is a really cool place where you swim through a canyon. After the dive, our adventure began as we headed to Good Moon Farm. We were shown all around the farm and moved into our new bungalow. We were shown the produce and the different parts of the farm. It is quite a hike moving anywhere on the farm because it is built in tiers and you have to climb up all these step switch backs. For that reason, once you head down to our bungalow, it is much of a hike back up to the main house and the top of the farm. After getting oriented at the farm, which took 2 hours, we headed to get dinner in town. When we returned from dinner, one of the farm cats had left a present of a dead snake on our door step and it was covered in fire ants. Trying to move it, we got plenty of bites and then the ants decided they wanted to come into our bungalow (which has no screens and doors that don’t fully close).  Then, our carton of eggs fell off the counter and they all shattered on the floor. Our bungalow only has one shammy and no paper towels, so we used notebook paper to scoop it up and throw it out, before wiping it all down, and then spraying it with bug spray in hopes that the ants would stop coming in. After this, we were quite tired from a full day so we fell asleep really fast. 

Hours today: 7 hrs

Hours total: 52

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