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!!!
Happy Tuesday, Friends! I can’t believe it’s been almost two months since we first discovered Old McCaskill’s Farm! This past Sunday was their annual “Farm Day” and we had a great time! We planned to leave directly after church was over – changing in the car on the way there {that’s always fun…} and got…
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…
Over the years I would often wonder what people enjoyed so much about going to the mountains. Call me naive, ignorant, whatever you will. I just couldn’t understand, with kids especially, why you would go and what on earth would you do. Being in the middle of no where with small children seemed like a…
Have you ever planned lunch with a friend and then said to her, “Where do you want to go for lunch?” and then you carried a 10-15 minute conversation about the fact that neither of you REALLY cared about what KIND of food you ate, but no one would decide on WHERE to go? Well, that…
Hey Hey y’all! On Monday, I shared with y’all about our trip to Shelton Vineyards, and the cars! Oh, the cars! I want a Triump convertible and Andrew wants an old Jaguar {it really was gorgeous!}. Today’s post is more about the experience we got with the actual vineyard tour, the wine and the FOOD!!!…
There’s that old saying, and Vanessa Williams song, Save the Best for Last. And when I say that this trip truly saved the best for last, it did. I was seven the last time I was at Disney. I have very few memories that I can recall about Disney from that age…one being riding Space…
We had a fantastic time…see you soon {hopefully}, Exuma!!!
