Farewell, San Salvador (and Mike)!

Our time on San Salvador, and in the Bahamas in general, has officially come to an end! Most are extremely excited to head home, while others are having mixed emotions and will miss the less than 2 minute walk to the beach and the sun. Our last GRC breakfast consisted of pancakes, ham slices, oatmeal, and orange juice. We then spent the rest of the morning packing, sharing our excitement to see family and friends, and triple checking that we didn’t leave anything behind. We said our final farewells to the rooms and dorm and headed down to the pavilion to weigh our bags at 11:30 am! While a small group, including the boys, Sarah, Jordan, and Amy spent their last few minutes on the beach!



Mike weighed our bags and we did some resituating of our goodies to stay under the 50 pound checked bag weight limit. Then we all loaded up the truck with our luggage and sat down for an early lunch of hotdogs. After lunch we jumped into the truck and tried (and failed) to recreate our first group photo on the island. Then we were off to the airport! 



While we waited for our flight we headed over to Wendy’s for last minute ice cream and chicken wings! This place was definitely a favorite of ours and will be missed. 



We landed in Nassau, waved goodbye to Mike, cleared customs, and hung out in the airport until catching our flight to Atlanta. After boarding the plane we realized that we had TVs and were so excited to live out our iPad kid dreams! 



We were unfortunately greeted in Atlanta with 51* F weather and rain. “We were just in paradise. Why are we here?” -Blake 



On another note, here is a pretty picture of the sunset from our flight! 



We got to the hotel at 10pm and some of us went straight to bed while others went out to try and experience a late night at a Waffle House! 



Goodnight and see you all tomorrow!


Breana and Sarah

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