Rainy Day

A perfect day to catch you all up on the happenings in St. Lucia.

For a change I cannot blame internet for the lack in updates, instead I blame this beautiful island and all the wonderful company and friends we have been with. We have been out exploring and playing daily. Jeremy and Julie’s visit flew by, then we hung out with JuCa, Rozinante, and Godot, before we knew it Bob & Pete, Robert & Michelle and their bunch were here. It has been busy here and we have been enjoying every minute of it.

We went to the Carnival Celebrations while Jeremy, Julie, & Carsten were here. Rozinante and JuCa joined us. It was a good day even though the parade, which started at 4:30 am didn’t reach us until about 4:30pm with about 30 minute to hour long gaps in between floats, had us sitting outside in the heat of the day with three little kids and we wanted to be home before dark. We didn’t see much but we really enjoyed our own company.

 

When the Brixey bunch came to visit we did much of the same road trip. We saw the volcano and mud bath, the river rock waterfall, went sailing, fishing, hiking, snorkling and ziplineing. They even spent a day on the beach where they rented a jet ski, went watertubing, and parasailing. We really enjoyed their company and the week went by way to fast. We hope that you all will come visit again real soon.

 

Fun in the Sun

 

We are in Rodney Bay, St. Lucia. Jeremy, Julie, and Carston have arrived and we are anchored in-between Rozinante and JuCa.

We are loving the fact that we are surrounded by friends on a beautiful island. The kids are getting along great which makes things nice for all of us.

On Saturday Ryan took Jeremy, Julie, and all the kids on a dinghy drift fishing excursion. They didn’t catch anything but they had fun.

Then after everyone came over to Sandy Dreams and we had a cookout. Ryan made the best steaks and baked potatoes, Gabi made some yummy curry chicken, and Julie made a Caesar salad. We were all stuffed at the end of the night.

In the marina they have a pirate ship in one of the slips. Carston and I wanted to go check it out. It is really neat! You can tell by looking at it that it is the real deal. The boat is all wooden and rumor in the harbor is that it was in the movies “Pirates of the Caribbean.” I believe it and I’m going to watch the movies again to see if I can spot it!

And apparently Carston was a fish in another lifetime. He LOVES the water and loves the beach. He loves it all so much that sometimes it is hard to get him to leave. He would spend all his time there building sand castles and playing in the water.

Yesterday Julia and Carlos lured him away with the promise of catching hermit crabs and seeing the old fort on Pigeon Island. Shortly after getting into the park we were surprised by a turtle beside the path laying her eggs. A first for all of us! It was really exciting. Unfortunately right after snapping a few pictures of the turtle my camera batteries died. Maybe later I can post a few pictures that Julie took.

That is it for now.

Today we are going into town

to participate in some of the carnival activities!

More to come later.