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| Captain Cook's Bay |
This morning we left for the north shore around 7am, to have as much time as possible with our car to find some blue skies. This time we were luckier, but as very typical for these islands, there always seem to be clouds hanging around the peaks. Nevertheless, it was a beautiful morning at Cook’s Bay and we stopped and hung out – watching the clouds float by the peaks. We then went to our next destination, Mt. Belvedere. The windy road took us only about 20 minutes, and the view from the top was gorgeous. Right in front of us was this incredibly noble peak, and at the foot of this mountain, to both its left and right, were the two north shore bays. Just beautiful. We were the only ones up there and enjoyed the solitude...while it lasted. Soon, more cars started to arrive, and we left as soon as we saw a tour bus full of cruise ship passengers on approach.
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| On the road to Mt. Belvedere |
We then took a leisurely ride home, returned the car and spent the rest of the day at our Tahitian retreat above the lagoon – reading, snacking, playing scrabble, snorkeling – all great fun. Although the afternoon had one drawback - I reinjured my hamstring kicking at a fish that was attacking me and Joanie. (I didn’t mention it earlier, but I pulled my hamstring taking a panorama picture at Hamilton Gardens. I was trying to appear on the left side and the right side of one photo. Hurt like hell that day, but was better the next – although I’ve been a bit gimpy ever since.
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| The View from Belvedere |
I also spent part of the day tuning in and out of the BSU game on the internet, and saw that USC beat Oregon – and some other top 10 teams lose as well – a good day for BSU after last weekend’s disappointment!
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| Enjoying a fantastic adventure! |
We then walked (and limped) back to our bungalow and went to bed early to be ready for another full day of taking it easy on Moorea.
