Day 5 - Hike Red Hill Trail and lunch at Hangout Beach Bar

Pam’s Birthday! Another hiking day! This time, Red Hill Trail. With Pam and Rod GPS-ing, we found the trailhead, a bit of a challenge. It was warm, but we were out early. Followed pink & blue rocks. The trails was close to & around the dump. Stinky! The Red Hill viewpoint was pretty close to the start. We almost missed it! Great views & a breeze. Not a big hill. We wandered on towards the ocean on the east side. Walked down an inlet (salina?) by mangroves. Saw a heron we hadn’t seen before! The ‘path’ to the beach was a coral/limestone shelf. Glad I had my boots & poles. The ocean was pretty rough. There were several blowholes. The shelf was covered in plastic bottles. Ugh…maybe washed up from the Atlantic? As we walked along the ocean, we were dive bombed by terns! Must have been a nesting aground. We came to another inlet so we headed inland. The inlet was full of sargassum. Stinky! We looked around to find the trail. Jim saw a white vehicle & said, “Isn’t that our truck?” Full circle 😊. The Long Tree was on the way, and we walked to our car. Hot & tired again. Headed to the Hangout Beach Bar! Great place on/in the water. Lots of people sail boarding. I had a burger, Rod a chicen burger, Jim a tuna san, & Pam a quesadilla. All good! R, P & I had 2 beers. Jim was the designated driver. Back for a rest! J & P went snorkeling. Rod was still feeling bad from his cold. We rested! Light dinner. I had veggies.