Grand Cayman: Day 3

Day three was ultra relaxing.  We spent the morning at the spa, late morning/early afternoon at brunch and the rest of the day at the beach.  We did a whole lot of nothing except relax and be lazy.

 At brunch, we somehow got on the subject of Trent's wilder hair days.  He had some humdinger haircuts as a teenager.  Here is Trent describing some of those hair cuts.

 All I gotta say is his mom was very nice to let him express his creativity through his hair.  ;)

 Trent and the girls. Starting from the left going clockwise around the table: Jonelle, Mary, me, Trent, Heather, Kristie, and Shana.

 Cheers!

All brunch pictures courtesy of Jim the photographer.

The food was delicious, but the desserts were my favorite part.

  

After brunch, we all met back up and spent the day floating in the ocean.  We spent so much time floating in the ocean while we were there that when I would lay down to go to bed at night, I still felt like I was being gently rocked by the waves.

 Chris needed a little snooze after his golf game.

 Trent and I had quite a few Pina Coladas.  Of the virgin variety of course.  :)

 Brian and Jonelle.

 I love palm trees.  I have always felt like nothing could beat the mountains and the smell of pine trees, but something changed in me this trip.  I could definitely live somewhere tropical and be okay with it.

 Wow.  Pina Colada in one hand and a Diet Coke in the other.  What am I going to do with this guy? ;)

 A floating bed in the ocean.  What could be more relaxing than that?!  Here is some of the crew, from the left: Trent, Heather, Macy, Shana, Kristie, and Mary.

 I love these girls!  They are so much fun!

 Brian and Jonelle.  We learned on this trip that Jonelle and her son built their own long board.  Amazing!  I don't think there isn't anything Jonelle can't do.

 We were having way to much fun.  I had walked back up to our cabana for a minute to get my camera, and I could hear Heather and Trent both cackling like crazy from all the way up there!  Heather's husband, Chris, and I got quite a chuckle out of it.  Trent and Heather both have very distinct, and very loud laughs.  You can't hear it and not laugh out loud yourself.  It's the best!  Especially when they both get going together.  :)

Macy and Mary.

I love the people that Trent works with.  They seem more like family than co-workers.  He is so lucky to work in such a wonderful environment around so many positive people.  I will be forever grateful for the day he started working for Molnlycke.

Grand Cayman: Day 2

On day two in the Caymans, Trent and I rented a Jeep and drove around the island all day.

Our first stop was the Tortuga Turtle farm.

 There are iguanas all over the island.  This is the blue iguana which are only found on Grand Cayman.

 And we got to hold baby sea turtles!

 It was a very cool place.  They had a big swimming area for all of the big turtles with a beach for laying eggs and everything, then these smaller tanks for the babies.  It was sad to think that most of these turtles get eaten up as turtle soup.  They do release a percentage of them out into the wild though.  

 Some views of the ocean from our drive.

Road kill.  Instead of dead bunnies and prairie dogs like we've got here in Colorado, there are dead chickens and iguanas in the Caymans.  During the last hurricane there, a whole bunch of chickens got loose, so now they have wild chickens all over the island.

 We went to Hell and back while on our drive.

 Here it is, the place they call Hell.  That is all coral.

This was on the side of a building in Hell.

 All around the island, they have cemeteries along the beaches.  They build the cemeteries on the beaches because it is easier to dig in the sand than the limestone bed that is further inland.  They also believe the island winds will wash the souls out to sea.

We made a stop at the Tortuga Rum Cake Factory to buy some rum cakes, although I don't have any pictures.  My taste buds sure remember the rum cake though.  So yummy!  My personal favorite was the coconut flavor.

 We also made it over to Rum Point.  They have hammocks all over the beach there.  We stopped and had a bite to eat while we were over there.  I don't know if it was the fact that I didn't have to cook anything while I was there, but all of the food I had was so good!

 Iguana statue.

 Views of the ocean from the pier at Rum Point.

 We saw this tree while driving along South Sound.  You can read more about the story behind it if you like.

 We also found a real pirate ship while we were out exploring.

 After driving the whole island, we went back to our room to get our suits on so we could head down to the beach again.  This is the view from our room.

 Here's that pirate ship again!

 A beautiful end to day two.

Grand Cayman: Day One

Trent and I were so lucky to spend almost a week in Grand Cayman at the end of April.  Trent's region did so well last year, that he won the Regional Manager of the year for 2012, so he won the trip!  The only thing better than an awesome vacation is a free awesome vacation.  Prepare for a ton of photos.

Day 1:

Picture from the airplane window just before landing.  We were so happy to finally get there.  We had left our house at 6:30 that morning, and after a layover in Houston, we made it to Grand Cayman by 4:30 in the afternoon.  (With the time change, we were only an hour ahead since they don't observe daylight savings in the Caymans.)

From the balcony off of our hotel room.

We didn't waste any time getting our suits on and heading straight for the beach.

We found Heather and some of our other friends that were on the trip with us while we were out on our walk along the beach.

That night, there was a welcome dinner for all of us.  Trent and Jonelle got in a quick steel drum lesson before dinner.

Last 4 photos by Jim the photographer

Heather, Trent and I.  We love Heather.  She is such a fun gal!