OK, so we didn't pass the pioneering test. One night was enough for us to call it quits. The mosquitoes were ferocious, the raccoons (they got our Sun Chips in a blink of an eye) were aggressive and the heat was oppressive. A deflated air mattress during the night was the deal breaker. I could handle doing dishes hunkered by a cold water faucet on the ground just fine. I could handle cooking steaks, potatoes, mushrooms on a griddle on the camp stove at the same time just fine. I could handle showering in a bath house balancing on one foot to dry just fine. I could even handle squatting in the bushes during the middle of he night. But the deflated air mattress just wasn't worth it.
So we enjoyed our kayaking (even had a small porpoise swim under my kayak), watching the huge fish jumping all over, almost seeing a beautiful sunset( didn't get back from biking in time for the whole show),biking around the island and eating our delicious oatmeal. But, when it got to be evening we decided there was no reason on God's green earth why we shouldn't spend that night in our own bed at home. So after one last kayak ride, we packed it up and headed home.
You never really appreciate life until you have washed off the layers of bug spray, sun screen, dirt and sweat in your own shower and climbed into your own cozy bed and had a great nights sleep.
Gone are the days of sleeping on the ground, no mattress, no tent.
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