Why is the rum always gone?!

We have been back in the states for a week now, and let me tell ya; I miss the Caribbean sun like crazy! Wisconsin is the worst state to come back to after a tropical vacation. I will now attempt to recap the last days of our amazing trip.

Wednesday started out with a walk down to Dunkin' Donuts (they're everywhere!) for some morning coffee and donuts. The rest of the day consisted of sitting out in the sun getting tan...or in my case, turning into a lobster. We also did a lot of swimming in the pool there. I probably got another strawberry smoothie. So good!


On Thursday, we got to go to the sea turtle farm. One of the coolest things of the trip. We all got to hold a little baby sea turtle that was 2 1/2 weeks old. I almost died from the cuteness! Then we got to go over to some tanks where they were keeping some of the older turtles. We got to catch some and hold them for a little bit. Sea turtles just so happen to be my favorite animal, so I was lovin' this whole thing. After the turtle farm, we went back into George Town for some final snorkeling and shopping. This was the best snorkeling of the trip...until we swam into the jellyfish field! Ow. Lots of little stings from those little buggers that you couldn't see until they were smack dab in your face. Fortunately no one reacted to the stings.


We spent our last day hangin' out at the hotel packing, swimming, and taking long walks on the beach. No more tanning, for by now Rianne and I were burnt pretty bad. I would rather not get skin cancer, thank you very much. This was a bittersweet day, so we made sure not to waste it. It was a perfect ending to our trip.


As soon as I get all of the pictures, I will put a bunch up. Love you all!


~Katie~


P.S. chocolate rum fudge is delish!


 

Shopping. Sun. Stingrays.

It is now coming to the end of day 4 in paradise. We are all having a blast! Yesterday we spent the afternoon shopping in George Town. I actually bought a dress. And it is NOT pink! It's coral. Anyways, it's really pretty and I like it. :) When we got back from shopping, the resort had like a welcoming party thing for all of the guests. There was a raffle, dancing, and a fire show. No one in our group won anything in the raffle, but we sure danced a lot! The rest of the night we just hung out on the beach dancing.

Today we went to Rum Point! We had to go there to get out to Sting Ray City, so we just made a day of it. We snorkeled for a little bit, bather ourselves in the glorious Caribbean sun, and swam in the ocean. Then it was finally time to go to Sting Ray City! This was probably one of the coolest experiences I have ever had. We took a catamaran out to a sand bar where there are tons of stingrays just swimming around that you can practically pick up. If you handle them the right way, they are completely harmless. One of the guys from the boat came into the water with everyone and helped them hold the rays. After I held the first one, he had it swim across my back! Weirdest feeling ever, but so cool!

Once we were done with the rays, we got back onto the boat and went over to a different spot to snorkel for a little bit. Rianne and I saw a barracuda! We did that for about 30 minutes, headed back to Rum Point, then back to the resort. As if we didn't get enough swimming in already, the four of us girls headed over to the pool for a while. Oh, and I officially look like a lobster now.

Most of the pictures are on the Nelson's camera, so I try to get them up later. Maybe I'll get a few up tomorrow. I hope you're enjoying the cold!

~Katie~

It's time for da Caymans mon!

 In 12 hours we will be on our way to Chicago to get on a plane to go to the CAYMAN ISLANDS! I am all packed up and ready to go...I hope. At 4:00am, my parents will drive the Nelsons, Meghan, Rianne and me to O'Hare. There we board a plane to Miami to get a flight to the Caymans. I am so excited...my hips have clenched! I'll try to keep this updated with some pics while we're there. Catch you cats on the flipflop lata!

snorkel anyone?