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!!!
I really cannot tell y’all how great my morning was today. It was spectacular! Fantastic-o! Amazing. I’ve shared with y’all in the past that Reynolds’ most favorite book {that has now been torn to pieces…} is ‘Big Red Barn’. He loves talking about all the animals, “The sheep and the donkeys, the geese and the…
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?…
Saturday I posted about our little trip out to Gilbert, SC to the Peach Festival Gardens. At the end of our visit to this fun vintage and antiques-with-gardens locale, the owner told us about the Antique Tractor Show that was going on…just on up the road {don’t I sound so southern!}. Harmon’s Tree Farm was our destination….complete…
We made the long {llllooooonnnnggggg} treck down from Columbia, SC to Amelia Island, FL today. It really wasn’t so bad – it took us about 5 hours to get here. But literally about 100 yds. from our destination Reynolds AND Eliza Jane lost their minds. Crying/Screaming blew up our car in one unanimous, awful…
Andrew and I are in the throes of trying to find the perfect beach vacation spot in Amelia Island. Especially since it snowed here this morning… Recall from last year, if you will, that we tried to go to Amelia Island…but were hijacked. Twice. We never got to go… This year, my family reunion is going to…
Since this is part 1 of a 3-part series, I have to take y’all back in time just a wee bit. About a month ago {give or take a week or two}, Andrew let me know that as part of his wine class, he was going to have to go to a vineyard in NC…
We had a fantastic time…see you soon {hopefully}, Exuma!!!
