Displaced Beachbums

The Boonie Stomp yesterday was also a “clean-up” day. There were about 21 hikers and we picked up trash as we walked along the coast from Umatac Bay to Toguan Bay (about 1.5 miles). Sadly, there was a lot of trash along this beautiful hike. It’s so annoying that people think they can dump their trash where ever they like on this beautiful island.

It’s not looking good for us to get a Boonie Stomp t-shirt before we leave. You can only get a t-shirt if you hike 10 Boonie Stomps with the club. FG and I have 5 hikes done and need 5 more. FM has one more than us so he’s got more of a chance and, if he does get one, we’re all going to share it 🙂

After the stomp, we were very hungry and made our way to Jeff’s Pirate Cove. Unfortunately, they were having a really busy day and we waited almost an hour for our food. I get a little cranky when I’m hungry and my impatience started to show after 45 minutes 😉  Good thing it’s a gorgeous setting and the food is delicious otherwise I wouldn’t have waited.  As we waited, Dave and Beverly Lotz came in and joined us. Dave is the resident expert on the Boonie Stomps and wrote the book, literally, on the stomps. We have three of his books on Guam hikes and WWII monuments. It was a pleasure to get some of his recommendations on what we should see before we leave the island.  They both thought it would be a shame if we missed Rota ~ the island next to Guam. Looks like we’ll have to go on ONE more trip before we leave. 

Even though I was really tired when we got home and would have preferred to relax, I didn’t want to miss the casting call for The Guamazing Race. It’s a take-off on the Amazing Race. I think FM & I would have had a good chance at being selected to compete but, dang it, FM will be off island the day of the race.                  

FG was disappointed. She loves the Amazing Race and really wanted FM & I to compete. After all the traveling she’s done with us, she had confidence we’d win the top prize.

Since we were already in Hagåtña, we didn’t want to pass up a chance to have dinner at a newly, reopened restaurant called “The Mermaid Tavern” ~ the original restaurant burnt down last year. It was well worth stopping in for a bite to eat. The restaurant itself is so new and spiffy.  I love the smell of a newly decorated hotel or restaurant. It always reminds me of brand new resorts I helped open in Atlanta and Hawaii.

Anyway, the service was fabulous and the food tasty. Not only did FM and I love it, but FG couldn’t get enough of ALL our food. She kept stealing my yummy chardonnay garlic linguini. The selection of beers was of particular interest to FM. You can tell a restaurant is serious about their brew when their phone number is 472-BEER. I highly recommend the Mermaid Tavern to anyone who lives on Guam.

We don’t have too many more Guam weekends so we plan to make the best of them ~ no time to be tired 🙂