Well, I am writing this blog after the fact of Australia. You might ask yourself why would she be doing that?! Well....its pretty simple. I was upchucking from the second day in Cairns until it was time to board the flight home. Let me set the setting for you....
It started off as an early morning from the beginning. We took a walk to where we would apparently board this ship to go to the Great Barrier Reef. I was sooooo excited for this day. It was one of the things I was looking most forward to....that is until the boat started moving. You know how usually a boat ride can be a little rough. I think we were all expecting that. What I wasn't expecting was what we got....it wasn't a short wave kind of a trip. It was extremely long waves with drops in my stomach at every peak. I was on this boat no more than 5 to 10 minutes, and I knew I was in BIG trouble. All of a sudden, i reached for the front of the seat....I knew it was coming. I couldn't hold it in anymore....I was pukin. I don't know exactly how long that ride was because I was too busy praying it would be over soon, but I think it was somewhere around an hour. It was one of the worst hours of my life. Knowing that you are in a situation that you absolutely can't get out of AND on top of that....knowing that you would have to go through it all over again on the ride home. :( We finally arrived at the (I think they called it green island). It was there where everyone signed up for scuba diving (the one thing I really wanted to do in Australia). I decided the second I stepped off the boat that I would not be scuba diving. I set out with some friends that decided against the scuba diving and did a little bit of snorkeling.
I got a more powerful pill for the next ship ride. I never got sick again, but unfortunately the feeling never went away. We got to the outer reef which was where they all scuba dived. I decided when I got to the outer reef that I would try scubadooing along with Grant and Pake. I do NOT regret my decision. I had a GREAT time and it involved no energy. It was an underwater moped essentially! I wish I had pictures, but they are all on Grant's camera. I will try to post some later hopefully.
The rest of the trip I was sick in bed. A HUGE thank you goes to my amazing sponsor Kandi Schaake and my awesome friend Candace Weeda for helping me and taking care of me the rest of the trip. I can't thank you all enough! Even though the trip didn't end the way I wanted it to, I still had the time of my LIFE and wouldn't change it for the world! Thank you to all my friends that went on the trip and my sponsors for being awesome! Love to all!
Katelyn
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