Caribbean

Thanks to the wonderful kindness and generosity of my mom, Chad and I were able to take a vacation all to ourselves this year. We went to the Caribbean island of St. Martin/St. Maarten. Half of the island is French and the other half is Dutch that's

why there are two spellings for the island and both are correct.

We spent 7 days of heaven resting, playing, snorkling and eating. The water beautifully clear, we also Snubaed (a mix of snorling and scuba). The fish surrounded us at several points, which made for an amazing experience. We ended up not taking as many pictures as we thought and ended up with no video footage. We were in the water 90% of the time playing. One afternoon we took sea kayaks out into the ocean, paddling and jumping the waves.

That's me waving half way between the docking boat and the beach. Can you believe that water?!? 86' was the average temperature of the Caribbean Sea. You could walk chest deep in the water for a long time off of the beaches. Plenty of room for bobbing peacefully in the waves with a coloda in your hand. Ahhhhh...the vacation life....

And no tropical vacation is complete without dinner next to the ocean. BBQ ribs and chicken was a main staple on the island, of course so was the seafood.

Oh the plans we've hatched for next's years vacation ;)