Bahamas, By The Numbers

Published March 20, 2007

By Nicole Vincent-Roller, Lindsey Reynolds and Kasi Walker

Number of girls on trip: 3
Number of days in the Bahamas: 5
Number of bags packed: 6
Total weight of luggage: 153 lbs.
Average weight of girls: 137 lbs.
Articles of clothing packed: approx. 160
Articles of clothing actually worn: approx. 50
Number of cans of tuna packed: 8
Number of functioning can-openers packed: 0
Number of injuries incurred while attempting to open tuna cans with Swiss Army knife: 1
Number of Band-aids packed: 0
Number of local dishes eaten: 2
Number of eyes that came with local dishes: 8
Hours spent on the beach: approx. 15
Total amount of sunscreen applied: approx. 15 fl. oz.
Total amount of aloe lotion applied to sunburns we got anyway: approx. 20 fl. oz.
Number of beach bags taken with us to the beach daily: 3
Number of people who looked on while one of them was stolen: 4
Number of times one of the witnesses repeated the dramatic story of her brush with crime within our hearing: 7
Total value of goods in stolen bag: $650
Time we’ve spent kicking ourselves for being lured away from bags by shiny rocks and shells: 36 hours and counting.

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