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1.) catch a bonefish (this implies that i really learn to fly fish...i'm on my way! still just practicing the cast-no fly yet)
i got to the point of putting a fly on the line and...that was it. how hard will it be to transition to river fly fishing? maybe as difficult as finding a fly rod. anyone....anyone??

2.) surf at surfer's
george 'ratdog' robinson. a legend. as a tropical storm was brewing, the waves were churning not making it the most ideal. i meet up with ratdog at surfer's beach and we go at it. nope, i never stood up, but i did get tossed by some waves and i am determined to do it! ratdog is one of the sweetest men i've ever met. we were sitting at the surfer's shack at surfer's beach after a long attempt at surfing. he said to everyone there, 'i started coming here 30 years ago. it is my favorite place in the entire world. right here. this very shack. it's my favorite place!' i loved it.
3.) play ultimate frisbee at gaulding cay no..
4.) go camping in abaco super fun. went camping in tarpum bay. bonfire on the beach, cooked for dinner and the rain stopped for us to eat. coolest thing: bioluminescence: (look them up!).
5.) think about, and possibly, jumping off the rainbow cliffs (yikes!) didn't happen
6.) out for good music: elvina's and cocodimama really fun. what i love about elvina's is that everyone has a place there. it's an incredibly hodge podge group of people who play instruments...tourists, locals, who cares?
7.) support ghana beyond france in the world cup to avoid losing a bet with a stiff wager: watching the exorcism of emily rose word to the mothers. i won! wager won: brandon mcmath swallowing pride for a public dance. total satisfaction. did you hear about the soctapus?
8.) saturday-style kickball game in JC alright, that didn't happen either
9.) spear a grouper or a lobster i more just carried a spear while snorkling. pretty anticlimactic.
10.) visit the haitian farm at camp i'm starting to feel lame
11.) explore spanish wells this village is crazy. it's a lobster village. really ritzy and fun to see all the boats. it's a harbor island with character
12.) lighthouse beach one of the best places in the world. it's the southern-most point of eleuthera. The picture to the left was taken as seen from the lighthouse. my dad was there. we flew at kite, until i let it go and it flew into the trees.
13.) grow something from a seed and not kill it i wish i could say this was accomplished
14.) hitchhike done and way fun. lutra man (the potable water deliveryman) picked me up from the airport to JC.
15.) night swim in the sea watch out for sea lice :)
16.) take jc kids flying on my birthday i got to take people up for pleasure flights. that was really fun and i want to do it again. the problem was that not many had transportation to the airport! one of my favorite quotes from the whole summer was from edwin, he's from nassau. we flew to abaco and he asked, 'is turbulence kind of like a pothole in the sky?' it was perfect.
17.) hatchet bay caves yes! love this place! we go through with candles, and maybe a flashlight or two. i don't think i'll go back over the time that there were a dozen people following me and i lost track of the rope through the cave.
18.) bake bread with mrs. white mrs. white taught me to make johnny cakes and conch salad.
19.) go to a bahamian wedding (horatio and/or godfrey's)
it started about an hour and a half later than they intended. it was fun. my favorite part of bahamian weddings is the walk. bride/bridesmaid struts up the isle and the groom/groomsman meets them halfway and gives the bouquet of flowers. it's pretty sweet. godfrey works in nassau at the airport.
20.) jc softball games every chance i got, i was there. it was intense and there's no doubt who eleuthera's best team is: james cistern, no doubt.
*bonus/unrealistic: take an invitation to lenny kravitz house to swim and sing a song* no, but the birthday was a rocking good time.

summer reading list: the hole in our gospel richard stearns check!
the heartbreaking work of staggering genius dave eggers whoops!
the confessions st. augustine surprised by hope nt wright working on it, can't figure out how he was dubbed a saint!

it was definitely a rock star summer, even though i didn't get to accomplish about half of the list. it was wonderful.