An Island Expedition

The next thing we knew we were scrambling to repack our gear and buy a few days of food for an adventure to Tabacco Caye... things can change so fast in our world! After discussing various jungle and island excursions with the guys at Island Expeditions, it became clear that a few days spent relaxing at Tabacco Caye was the easiest, and likely cheapest, way to get our well-needed beach vacation. Since they already had a resupply boat heading out to the Caye in an hour, we quickly switched to beach vacay mode and hopped onto the already well-loaded boat along with 4 kayaks, a wooden bed frame, gear, fuel and more. The 40-minute ride was a bit choppy, on account of the on-shore wind, but then we got closer to the reef and were surrounded by stunning coconut covered islands. People were snorkeling, stand-up paddle boarding, and just relaxing on the Caye when we got there. After establishing where we could put up our tent (spartan quarters compared to the more upscale cabana options, but still a pretty penny), Karl quickly got to work using the machete gifted to us by another cyclist to harvest the one abundant natural resource on the island - coconuts.Read more