So for Day 5 we headed to Gava Beach  on the  East coast of Spain just outside of Barcelona  for our challenges.  There were two distinct challenges today one was and individual group challenge. And the other was three groups combined to form one big group to perform this second challenge. The first challenge was the individual teams had to make a flag. It somehow had to represent our team in a way. We created this using our team name, Kanalima And the logo of the tiki warrior that we have on our team shirts. We also incorporated the rainbows that are on the Hawaiian license plate as part of our flag. We did very well in this challenge and actually got bonus points because we chose a high risk value.  Check out the picture below. I think our tiki warrior looked pretty darn good when you look at the actual logo on Kelsey‘s shirt.

So after this we moved onto the second challenge. We were paired up with two other teams and we had to make a Sea worthy raft out of four empty barrels, eight round pieces of wood and a package of twine. Each team had the same equipment and we had an hour to make our raft.  The time certainly went by fast but we did complete our raft. We then had to put each of our teams flags on the raft and secure them so that they would not fall off in the water also. The next part of the challenge was that each team would have to send three people out on the raft and the team would have to go around the close buoy and the first team back would win, then a second group of three would have to go around a second farther buoy and again the first team back would win. The below picture is our finished raft.

Not too bad looking eh? Well, looks apparently can be very deceiving. A couple of things come to mind when thinking of our first voyage. Gilligan and the Skipper’s infamous 3-hour tour and the maiden voyage of the Titanic.  We got the raft in the water just fine but when we tried to jump on the raft all heck broke loose as did the twine holding the boards and the barrels.  We did however fight through it and were able to get out to the buoy but had no chance in circling it, and we then turned back. We were basically floating on three barrels and half of our wood pieces. The rest are back at the beach. I am hoping to get some pictures of us on that fine piece of maritime engineering and when I get them I will post them into this thread.

 

When we finally got back to the beach we had three minutes to attempt to repair our raft for the second group but that was just as much of a fiasco. They basically did the same thing as the first group and floated on the barrels in the wood and kicked to swim the so-called raft out but again never made it around the bouy and had to come back.

The challenge was fun. It was a great time out on the beach. I just don’t know if we are cut out for making sea worthy the rafts.

We came back to the hotel and cleaned up and then went out for a late dinner of pintxos (pronounced peenchos) which are like tapas. That was nice.  We then headed to Plaza Espana to the magical fountain which we were told was only going for three days and we just happen to be here for this. It is a large fountain that doesn’t show similar to that of the Bellagio in Las Vegas. However the Bellagio show which only last a few minutes pales to the show which lasted about an hour. It was very cool and set to music and wonderful to see.

After the show was over we headed back to the hotel call it a night. Tomorrow we check out and go to another new destination.