That’s what you hear when you start your tour of Sandals Emerald Bay on the island of Great Exuma in the Bahamas…”Welcome to Paradise.”
From my post last night, it took us going around our elbows and back again to get there, but it was majestic when we arrived. The sun was shining brightly, it was hot {and humid like the South}, but it was glorious.
They seriously have some of the most beautiful Bougainvillea I’ve ever seen. And it grows immensely!This is where we ate dinner the first night. Tidbits: Wear the OFF! provided in the room or else you’ll be eaten up by sand fleas….and, eat after the sun goes down…the flies like the food!
Sunrise the first morning. I woke up around 6:30 🙂 It was still 84 degrees out…
I almost forgot this one! It’s a collage photo from our night at the “French” restaurant…the food was AMAZING!!!
This is approximately where I got stuck on Monday on a paddle board…. We’d come way out {farther than we probably should have} and about the time we were ready to go back to shore, the winds/waves had shifted and I pretty much got pushed up against this cliff. It was awesome. Even more great was that apparently a shark {nurse} had been hanging out in this area. Thankfully {!!!} we didn’t see it, and we didn’t know it until a couple of days later. #holyheckhahahaha 😀
I don’t know what this is, but I would like one….the flowering vine. It is absolutely beautiful!
We had a fantastic time…see you soon {hopefully}, Exuma!!!
Hello friend! If you haven’t read Part 1 of Our Ark Encounter, you may read it here. That post will give you all the insights to the actual Ark. This post is to show you the other things available at Ark Encounter. As my friend Ann asked me the other day, “Is there really that…
Yesterday was probably THE craziest travel day I have EVER experienced…ever. Who knew flying from Columbia, SC to Kansas City, MO would be such a crazy adventure?! It’s so unreal…even now, looking back. My adventure began in Columbia just before 10am. We got to the airport…Andrew, the kids and me. He wanted to bring the kids in…
Oh my. Y’all must think we are crazy. Its Andrew, not me. Any crazy fun idea usually comes from him. {insert laughing/crying face emoji} Just a week before Reynolds’ Spring Break, Andrew says to me at 8:30pm…something like this:“So I was thinking about this Spring Break thing, and what if we did a road trip?…
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Day 2 of our trip to the Big Apple for Christmas this year! The entire post, in one really long post, can be found here. Or, if you want to revisit Part 1 or Day 1, click here. Who can go to NYC and not try to get on The Today Show? Not us! Al…
Saturday night, while we were at Amelia Island, my family took a “Family Friendly Sunset Cruise” down the St. Mary’s river basin with Amelia River Cruises. Complete with history narrative, we learned about the shrimping history of the island, saw Pippy Longstocking’s house, Villa Villekulla (!!!) {the movie was filmed here in the late 80’s}, and…
We had a fantastic time…see you soon {hopefully}, Exuma!!!