Grand Cayman: Day 5

Our final full day in Grand Cayman.  It was another very relaxing day.  We lounged around in the cabana and in the ocean all day.  I read two books while we were gone.  (Usually it takes me at least a month to get through one lately.  So two books in five days isn't too bad!)  We did walk down the beach a little ways to do some more snorkeling.

Another shot from our hotel room.  That would be a lovely view to wake up to every day!

The end of the day.  In all of the trips Trent and I have taken, this was the first one where I wasn't ready to come back home.  I could have easily stayed another few days.  Maybe with all of the craziness of getting ready to move, I didn't want to come back and have to face reality. ;)

Sunset from our balcony.

The rest of the pictures are by Jim the photographer.

 I forgot to put this one in earlier.  The pool at the property where we were staying.  Amazing!

 That night, they had a goodbye dinner for all of us.  There was live music, extremely delicious food, and fire pits on the beach.  We got to roast marshmallows and have s'mores for dessert.

We had the best time with everyone!  As I said before, Trent works with some of the most fun, amazing people!

And this is what Jilly and I did for the next few days after Trent and I got home.  Snuggle, snuggle, snuggle!  She didn't want me to put her down.  I guess she missed me!  And I was happy to let the rest of life go for a bit to get some snuggling in with my baby girl.

Grand Cayman: Day 4

On day four, the whole crew took a catamaran trip out to Sting Ray City.  One of the coolest things I've ever done!

The water was so beautiful!  I couldn't believe how clear and turquoise it was.

Miss Heather.

The gang.

Oh boy do I love this man.  He's the best!

The next ten photos courtesy of Jim the photographer.

Enjoying the sunshine and the wind in our hair!







Everyone from left to right: Scott, Heather, Mary, Teresa, Ken, Shri, Dipali, Brian, Jonelle, Jim, Nancy,  the Captain, Mary, Kristie, Macy, Shana, Rose, Trent, Heather, me, Chris.

 When I first jumped in the water and swam over to where the sting rays were, I have to admit, I was a tiny bit scared.  They were swimming all around us.  But then I told myself to "Get it together.  When are you ever going to be able to do this again?"  So I let go of my fear, and swam with the sting rays, and fed them, and tried my darndest to hold one.  I came close several times, but they mostly just swam across my arms.  Still very cool.  They are super soft to the touch.  They look like angels gliding under the water.

We also went and did a little snorkeling off the reef.  We tried to find the eel that lives over there, but no luck.  We did see lots of other cool fish though.  One of the crew members on the boat told me that there are a lot of parrot fish around Grand Cayman.  He said the parrot fish eat the coral, and they have these things in there throat that grind it all up, then they poop it out as sand.  They eat constantly and make a pound of sand a day, according to this guy.  But when all you eat is coral, I guess that's bound to happen.

 We also went over to Star Fish point to see the star fish.  There were only six there, but they were HUGE!

 The whole gang again, tired after a full day of swimming, snorkeling, and fun.  Or maybe it was just me that was tired.

Every stop we made, Trent and Chris had to jump off of the top of the boat.  There were no cliffs to jump off of in Grand Cayman since the whole island is flat, so they felt they needed to improvise.  It's a tradition of Trent and Chris's whenever they're on a trip together.

All smiles!

They got Kristie and the others to join in this time too.

It was another glorious day!