A Day In The Life of JoJo

Hi All, We get out a little late due to a bit too much dancing and a feast at the Cabana Bar. Ocean Club, where we have our condo, has a great restaurant that over looks beautiful Grace Bay. They serve perhaps the best cracked conch on the island and live music a few nights a week! The wind has already picked up as we head out Leeward Channel and we go with the wind heading toward Beaches. As we pass, a big catamaran motor boat we see people aiming their Go Pros toward their big wake. Clearly, they have a dolphin with them! JoJo hears our boat and comes right over. We seriously didn't try to steal him! He knows we will take him where ever he wants to go. We head back to Leeward and towards Half Moon Beach where he branches. I hope he was fishing but I don't know. He turned around and reappears on the other side of Leeward. We motor out toward the reef where he is swimming in the big waves. He comes to Spy Hop and swims a little way off the stern which usually means he wants company. As soon as I get in tour boats start coming up. JoJo and I go to visit them. One boat was playing with the anchor trying to attract him. (Actually we were coming over anyway!) Dropping the anchor was really what he wanted. His puncture wound and scratches are healing and itchy. He enjoys rubbing on the anchor line for a while before moving off to visit another boat. He's ready to move on for more activities. As we get to Seven Stars, he branches off to check out a water skier. The driver had seen JoJo and stopped the boat so the skier could meet him. JoJo was hoping the skier would get pulled through the water rather than on the water and hung around waiting but they weren't fast enough and he lost interest! On to the next activity; a swim with me in front of Ocean Club where there's a nice buoy. We play bang the buoy until a motor boat dragging a plastic shark comes by. There are lots of shark riders all oohing and aahing over him. In addition, a lot of people from Club Med are now swimming out from shore. JoJo has no interest in meeting them and starts to swim away staying a couple of boat lengths in front of the crowd. We do pick up a nice Canadian lady who had been trying to catch up to JoJo and in the process has swum fairly far out. I asked her to get on the boat so she can see JoJo from the boat and not get run over when she wants to go back to the Club Med. It's been a busy morning and JoJo swims to Spy Hop to take a long nap as Spy Hop drifts with the wind pushing us toward the reef.

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Naps done. What's next? Uber ride to Pine Cay please. We now drop off our new friend at the beach before JoJo's Uber ride gets underway. He's fine with that. We are now heading into this relentless wind and annoying waves. John's getting tired of getting splashed in the face, he wants to turn back at the Meridian Club. I have now changed into a dry suit and want to see what JoJo's next adventure might be, always hopeful it will include another dolphin. We do stop near the Meridian Club so John can eat his PB and J and see what JoJo does. JoJo travels slowly away from us. I'm watching him while John's off duty chowing down. I see another dorsal heading his way! Its Snipper! No going back now! JoJo and Snipper are happy to see each other. I get in and they let me swim in between them. JoJo seems to want me to hang with Snipper so I get a long swim with The Snip! It's interesting to me that JoJo always wants me to swim with his family. How Lucky am I! They come together again and speed up. A sail boat is coming by for them to check out and they start to ride the wake and bow wave. Its starting to get late and this is our moment to leave them.

Shark!-JoJo+Snipper Great Friends from Jay Sargent on Vimeo.