Polemos Boku to Kas

After a nice early swim and breakfast my father and I paddled our poorly inflated dinghy over to the Innes boat and borrowed their pump and was able to get our dingy correctly inflated. It really paddles much better at the proper air pressure. We agreed to meet on shore in an hour for our walk. So we paddled back and got everyone started on getting ready for a hike. When all our great we packed we eased all six of us into the dinghy. (Now just possible with the extra inflation)

And Randy and I paddled us to shore. The restaurant owner’s son came out to greet us and helped us tie off our craft. The other group landed right behind us and the restaurant owner showed us the trail head. We headed out and the sun was getting but there was a nice breeze and when we stopped in the shade it was not bad. We walked across a flat plain and into the compound of a small pensyion where owner was sitting in the shade with his tiny daughter. We greeted them and headed out the other side. I notice that the trail markers her the same as in Beycik. So we are probably on another section of the Lycian Way. We walked until we could see ruins up ahead and the trail started up hill.

My father, Sarah and Winfree wanted to look for the sunken city so they headed down to the shore and the rest headed up into the ruins. I found a place to get up onto the ruin wall and was able to get a great view out into the next bay. The other joined me and then we all headed back by different paths but eventually finding the swimmers and joining them for a cooling swim. There was not much to see of the sunken city so half the group headed back across. My father and I arrive first and were greeted by the restaurant owner with a bucket of cold fresh water from his well which he proceeded to pour over our feet and heads. Man! Did that feel awesome!

We sat in the shade of the café and had a cold drink. The Innes family ordered dinner but we carefully piled back into the dinghy and paddled back to Silver Lightning and had more leftovers for lunch. Then we set sail for Kas. It was blowing nicely so we had a nice sail most of the way but then had to motor into the wind into a huge new marina which was on the other side of the hill from Kas. It had fancy showers which was very welcome as my father and I were salty from a week of salty bathing in the ocean and Randy plugged us in and I filled the water tanks. I ogt my computer plugged in and charging again.

But it was a long walk to the grocery so my father and I decided to join the others for dinner. We gathered for the half hour walk to see another ancient theater and then to the restaurant. Kas was hopping as there was a big Turkish Greek Festival going on with a stage we could see from the restaurant which was called Smiley’s. There was live music and dancing. My father and I sat with a group we had really spoken to and I enjoyed Neil and his wife and Alan and his wife. They were lots of fun. I ordered a shrimp casserole that was excellent and I saved the three fresh bay leaves that were in it as garnish and took the with me for later use. My father got a kick out of that. We decided that I had taken the Loyd’s to a new low of taking food home form dinner out! We were shown an old cistern which was under the restaurant. It was nice and cool down there but the roof was sagging way down in a couple of places. There were some beautiful old pots on a shelf in the corner.

After dinner my father and I headed out and the restaurant owner offered to have someone drive us home which was really nice. We ran into the shop next door for milk, bread and cherry juice and then were chauffeured back to the Marina. We put the milk away and headed for bed. We were both very tired after all the walking and sailing! I long but good day. Night!